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Wiki 36000 vs 36410

Thread starter lacygallozzi@hotmail.com
Start date Jan 4, 2013

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Jan 4, 2013

When a patient is in the ED and the nurse fails to successfully start an IV on a patient, requiring the physician to perform the procedure what is the proper code? I've always used 36410 but I was recently informed that another coder uses 36000.

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Lacy

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