AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 1 (January)

Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Diagnostic Injections, Infusions (January 2008)

January 2008 page 8a Medicine: Hydration, Therapy, Prophylactic, Diagnostic Injections, Infusions, 90776 (Q&A) Question: In a facility, if an intravenous push of the same substance or drug occurs within 30 minutes of the previous push/infusion of the same substance, is it appropriate to report add-on code 90776, Therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); each additional sequential intravenous push of the same substance/ drug provided in a facility (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure)? Answer: No, it would not be appropriate for the facility to report code 90776 if a push of the...

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