Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert
Quiz Yourself on Chemotherapy, Pumps,Flushes and More
You can read coding articles until you're blue in the face, but if you can't remember them, you're not getting your money's worth. You can code more reports if you commit a little bit of coding advice to memory. Question #1: Physicians and NPPs frequently provide combination chemotherapy by different routes at the same session. In these cases, chemotherapy administration fluids such as saline or dextrose solutions may be necessary to maintain line potency or flush lines between different agents given at the same session. You should _____ ("report" OR "not report") these fluids separately, unless they're _____ (two words) for therapeutic reasons. Answer #1: Question #2: Your durable medical equipment regional carrier (DMERC) does not consider the IV pole (E0776) _____ (two words) if you report it with an ambulatory infusion pump. Answer #2: medically necessary Question #3: Answer #3: B. dosage Question #4: Your DMERC will cover the supplies used with an external infusion pump during the period your DMERC covers the use of the _____ (two words). Allowance depends on the number of prepared _____ (one word) or _____ (one word), or used _____ (one word). Answer #4: Question #5: Code A4221 includes _____ (one word) for the catheter site and _____ (two words) not directly related to drug infusion. The catheter site may be a peripheral intravenous line, a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), a centrally inserted intravenous line with either an external or subcutaneous port, or an _____ (two words). Code A4221 also includes all _____ (one word), _____ (one word), _____ (one word) and _____ (two words). Answer #5: Answers to #1, 2, 4, and 5 come from Nancy Martin, CPC, at ACT Medical Group in South Carolina. Answer #3 comes from Linda Lively, MHA, CCS-P, RCC, CHBME, founder and CEO of American Medical Accounting and Consulting in Marietta, Ga.
This quiz will help you to do that by making you provide the coding knowledge so you can assess whether you're remembering what you've learned. Fill in the blanks to these five questions.
As you take the quiz, cover the answer section at the bottom of each question:
A. For you to report codes for a physician supervising radiation therapy services, for example 77427 (Radiation treatment management, five treatments), your documentation must include:
B. The weekly progress note(s) should include:
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