plarabee
Networker
I have a coder questioning my thought process so I decided to come to this forum to see what others think.
When a patient is in an Urgent Care center and receives an initial infusion of Zofran for 22 minutes, I would code this 96365. Infusion started at 10:00 a.m. and ended at 10:22 a.m. The patient then received IV hydration from 10:22 until 13:30. The coder wants to start billing the hydration time from 10:22 until 13:30. I say you cannot because you are charging for the first hour of infusion. She says it was only 22 minutes so why can't you start billing for the hydration when that is complete?
What does everyone else think?
When a patient is in an Urgent Care center and receives an initial infusion of Zofran for 22 minutes, I would code this 96365. Infusion started at 10:00 a.m. and ended at 10:22 a.m. The patient then received IV hydration from 10:22 until 13:30. The coder wants to start billing the hydration time from 10:22 until 13:30. I say you cannot because you are charging for the first hour of infusion. She says it was only 22 minutes so why can't you start billing for the hydration when that is complete?
What does everyone else think?