Reader Question:
Assign J0880 for Non-ESRD
Published on Sun Feb 01, 2004
Question: What tips do you have for reporting J0880?
Michigan Subscriber Answer: Medicare carriers will pay for J0880 (Injection, darbepoetin alfa, 5 mcg) only when the oncologist administers the drug in the office to patients who are not on dialysis and don't have end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Furthermore, payers won't recognize the code if dialysis facilities bill for the code. Physicians often provide the drug to increase red blood cells and prevent anemia. - Answers to Reader Questions and You Be the Coder were provided by Linda L. Lively, MHA, CCS-P, RCC, CHBME, founder and CEO of American Medical Accounting and Consulting in Marietta, Ga.; and Margaret M. Hickey, MS, MSN, RN, OCN, CORLN, an independent coding consultant based in New Orleans.