wandasw
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I would appreciate any input regarding the following situation:
Patient presented to office with severe allergic reaction after eating frozen berries. Swelling of face, lips, etc, complaints of throat swelling as well. Internist immediately evaluated her and ordered administration of EpiPen that we keep in office for emergencies such as this. He gave two auto-injectors of EpiPen along with 2 cc of Kenalog and Benadryl.
My thinking is that we simply bill the proper level of E & M along with the medications. The problem is that the EpiPen costs over $100 each and the only code I find for Epipen is J0170 which will pay only $1-2. PLEASE HELP!!!
Patient presented to office with severe allergic reaction after eating frozen berries. Swelling of face, lips, etc, complaints of throat swelling as well. Internist immediately evaluated her and ordered administration of EpiPen that we keep in office for emergencies such as this. He gave two auto-injectors of EpiPen along with 2 cc of Kenalog and Benadryl.
My thinking is that we simply bill the proper level of E & M along with the medications. The problem is that the EpiPen costs over $100 each and the only code I find for Epipen is J0170 which will pay only $1-2. PLEASE HELP!!!