Primary Care Coding Alert

Scan claims for any injectable anti-nausea meds, too. If a patient reports to the FP for an injectable migraine treatment, the supply code choices can send a coder's head spinning. We asked Marvel Hammer, RN, CPC, CCS-P, PCS, ACS-PM, CHCO, owner of Denver's MJH Consulting, if there was a list of injectable drugs that migraine patients receive. There is no complete list of injectable migraine medications anywhere, but "these are the more common injectable medications potentially administered in a physician office," Hammer offered: Toradol: J1885 (Injection, ketorolac tromethamine, per 15 mg) Triptans, (or Imitrex, Sumatriptan): J3030 (Injection, sumatriptan succinate, 6 mg [code may be used for Medicare when drug administered under the direct supervision of a physician, not for use when drug is self-administered]) DHE-45 (or Migranal): J1110 (Injection, dihydroergotamine mesylate, per 1 mg) Butorphanol, (or Stadol): J0595 (Injection, butorphanol tartrate, 1 mg) Demerol: J2175 (Injection, meperidine HCL, per 100 [...]