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Don’t Muddle These Modifiers for Discontinued Services

Published on Wed Oct 26, 2022

Question: Our physician ordered an hour-long infusion of Rituximab for a patient with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. About 15 minutes into the infusion, the patient had an adverse reaction to the drug, and the provider stopped the procedure. How should I code this? Can I report a push, as the patient received the drug for 15 minutes? Or do I document the [...]
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