General Question for the Week of April 6, 2020
Question:
If the start and stop times are not documented on an infusion, can I bill an IV push?
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General Question for the Week of March 30, 2020
Question:
What are the documentation requirements to bill for hydration?
General Question for the Week of March 23, 2020
Question:
A physician ordered a CT of the pancreas without and with contrast, and a CT of the pelvis without and with contrast. Is this documentation sufficient to allow us to bill for 74178?
General Question for the Week of March 16, 2020
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If hydration is ordered for four hours before and four hours after a CT scan with contrast is performed, can we charge for the hydration hours?
General Question for the Week of March 9, 2020
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Could a doctor use template documentation like the following in their reports? “IVC, Aorta, Pancreas: Not well seen given a combination of bowel gas and patient body habitus.”This documentation is in all of his US abdomen reports.
General Question for the Week of March 2, 2020
Question:
What is the difference between oral hydration and intravenous hydration therapy?
General Question for the Week of February 24, 2020
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My doctor wants me to add modifier 22 to the code for the procedure he performed. I don’t see anything in the report that indicates the case was more difficult. What does the doctor need to document to justify the use of modifier 22?
General Question for the Week of February 17, 2020
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Is 36000 separately reportable for therapeutic phlebotomy?
General Question for the Week of February 10, 2020
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New codes 64454 and 64624 were introduced for 2020 for genicular nerve blocks and destruction. Does the doctor need to document anything specific for these codes?
General Question for the Week of February 3, 2020
Question:
What code would I report for intra-arterial infusions lasting 31 minutes?