Can someone please help me, I feel like I am at a total loss here.
My question is about coding for infusion therapy - after coding the level of effort (time) and the type of infusion (initial, subsequent, concurrent, etc..)
How do I code the substances themselves when it is a mixture. For example lets say my patient is getting an infusion of the following mixture:
Magnesium Chloride hexahydrate
Selenium
Calcium gluconate
Ascorbic acid
Thiamine
Riboflavin
Niacinamide
Pyridoxine hcl
Hydroxocabalamin
Should I code each ingredient (drug/substance) individually like below:
Magnesium Chloride hexahydrate (Magnesium sulfate – J3475 x1)
Calcium gluconate - Per 10ml – IV – (J0610 x1)
Thiamine – per 100mg (J3411 x1)
Pyridoxine hcl – per 100mg - (J3415 x1)
Hydroxocobalamin – per 1000 mcg - (J3420 x1)
These I do not see listed in my HCPCs Manual so should I just code them to the "unclassified drug" as shown below?
Ascorbic acid – (J3490 x1)
Selenium J3490
Riboflavin - J3490
Niacinamide - J3490
Or should this entire infusion be coded as a compound using the code J7999?
Any help on this even if it is just pointing me to a IOM is greatly appreciated!!
My question is about coding for infusion therapy - after coding the level of effort (time) and the type of infusion (initial, subsequent, concurrent, etc..)
How do I code the substances themselves when it is a mixture. For example lets say my patient is getting an infusion of the following mixture:
Magnesium Chloride hexahydrate
Selenium
Calcium gluconate
Ascorbic acid
Thiamine
Riboflavin
Niacinamide
Pyridoxine hcl
Hydroxocabalamin
Should I code each ingredient (drug/substance) individually like below:
Magnesium Chloride hexahydrate (Magnesium sulfate – J3475 x1)
Calcium gluconate - Per 10ml – IV – (J0610 x1)
Thiamine – per 100mg (J3411 x1)
Pyridoxine hcl – per 100mg - (J3415 x1)
Hydroxocobalamin – per 1000 mcg - (J3420 x1)
These I do not see listed in my HCPCs Manual so should I just code them to the "unclassified drug" as shown below?
Ascorbic acid – (J3490 x1)
Selenium J3490
Riboflavin - J3490
Niacinamide - J3490
Or should this entire infusion be coded as a compound using the code J7999?
Any help on this even if it is just pointing me to a IOM is greatly appreciated!!