Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

Take the mystery out of 'each additional sequential infusion' vs. 'each additional hour.' If you fall prey to a common subsequent infusion trap, you could face requests for multiple $40 refunds. Keep your hard-earned dollars with this look at reporting additional hours of subsequent chemotherapy infusions. Is +96417 x 2 the Proper Choice? Scenario: You've coded a patient's initial chemotherapy infusion. Now you need to code a subsequent chemotherapy infusion that lasted longer than 90 minutes. You determine that for the subsequent infusion's first hour, you should report +96417 (Chemotherapy administration, intravenous infusion technique; each additional sequential infusion [different substance/drug], up to 1 hour [List separately in addition to code for primary procedure]). Now you have to decide how to report the additional time beyond that hour. Should you report +96417 again or report +96415 (... each additional hour [List separately in addition to code for primary procedure])? Solution: The [...]