Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

You Be the Coder:

Earn for Each Component of Chemotherapy

Question: A patient received Cisplatin 100 mg for 2 hours, Taxotere 120 mg for 1 hour 1 minute, Aloxi 0.25 mg IVP, Benadryl 25 mg IVP, Decadron 20 mg IVPB for 31 minutes, Mannitol 12.5 gm for 31 minutes, normal saline 1000 ml for 100 minutes. To infuse the medication, the physician used a port. This central venous access port [...]
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