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Earn for Sequential Push Administration
Published on Fri Oct 10, 2014
Question: In a patient with lymphocytic leukemia, our physician administered meperidine IV push along with chemotherapy. The administration of chemotherapy was stopped as the patient complained of pain and chills. After meperidine was administered, the chemotherapy was resumed. How can we report the meperidine administration in this case? Is meperidine administration considered incidental? New Mexico Subscriber Answer: From the description, it appears [...]