Wiki Please Help how many units?

[ortho1991]

If we inject 0.5 cc of kenalog 10 how many units should we bill?

Please any help with this will be appreciated.

 

[C.Lam]

This is too vague of a situation to answer.

 

[ortho1991]

Please help how many units

0.5cc of Kenalog 10 was injected into the RT long finger DIP without difficulty. The same thing done for RT index finger and LT index finger.

We are coding 20600 X 3 but not sure how to bill the J3301 I believe this was a 5ml bottle. Thinking 6 units?

Any advice of guidance will be appreicated.

 

[KMCFADYEN]

J3301-Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg

*up to 10mg is one unit

 

[abrodskycpc]

1 unit of J3301 is 0.25 cc, so if you have 0.5 cc then that would be 2 units of J3301

 

[AC32333]

Kenalog?-10 Injection (triamcinolone acetonide injectable suspension, USP) is supplied in 5 mL multiple-dose vials (NDC 0003-0494-20) providing 10 mg triamcinolone acetonide per mL.

The scenario listed three injections of Kenalog?-10 at 0.5 cc/injection, for a total of 1.5 mL or 15 mg of triamcinolone acetonide.

HCPCS J3301 - Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwies specified, 10 mg.

It appears a total of two units of J3301 would be appropriate based on the scenario given, as only 15 mg in total of the drug was administered.