Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert
Reader Question:
You Should Apply J3430 for Vitamin K Injections
Published on Wed Nov 21, 2018
Question: My physician gave a patient a 10 mg injection of vitamin K. How should I report this? Texas Subscriber Answer: You should report 96372 (Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection [specify substance or drug]; subcutaneous or intramuscular) for the injection. For the vitamin K itself, you’ll use J3430 (Injection, phytonadione [vitamin K], per 1 mg). Then place 10 in the units column because your physician gave a 10 mg injection, and the code is reportable per 1 mg.
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