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tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2019 Issue Q3
Reader Question: Know the Hydration Rules
Question: A 92-year-old nursing home patient arrived at the ED via ambulance showing symptoms such as dizziness and confusion; the emergency medical technician said that the patient had been complaining of extreme thirst. During the examination, the physician diagnosed dehydration and conducted a 33-minute intravenous rehydration. Can I report the hydration for this patient? Our billing service said it isn’t billable in the facility setting, so we aren’t sure whether we can report it.
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Answer: Your billing service is correct in that physicians cannot report 96360 (Intravenous infusion, hydration; initial, 31 minutes to 1 hour)...
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