katiejeanne
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I am needing some guidance...we had an inpatient who was a hard IV stick so they had our CRNA insert an IV, but in his note it seems more complicated than your usual IV insertion. Here is the main part of his procedure note:
The left arm was used for the arterial line kit from Arrow, indwelling catheter, 20-gauge, 5-inch. The guidewire was floated through the existing 20-gauge catheter. The 20-gauge IV, 1-inch catheter was then removed. The site was re-prepped with Betadine and the 20-gauge, 5-inch catheter was placed atraumatically, and the guidewire was removed.
I feel like I should be able to charge for this. He marked 36410 on his charge sheet. Does this seem like the right code? I see an addition to this code in the CPT book this year stating "a physician or other health care professional" can charge this. Or is another code more appropriate? Any thoughts are welcomed!! Thanks all!
Katie, RHIT
The left arm was used for the arterial line kit from Arrow, indwelling catheter, 20-gauge, 5-inch. The guidewire was floated through the existing 20-gauge catheter. The 20-gauge IV, 1-inch catheter was then removed. The site was re-prepped with Betadine and the 20-gauge, 5-inch catheter was placed atraumatically, and the guidewire was removed.
I feel like I should be able to charge for this. He marked 36410 on his charge sheet. Does this seem like the right code? I see an addition to this code in the CPT book this year stating "a physician or other health care professional" can charge this. Or is another code more appropriate? Any thoughts are welcomed!! Thanks all!
Katie, RHIT