AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 8 (August)

Medicine/Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Diagnostic Injections, Infusions (August 2008)

August 2008 page 13d Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Diagnostic Inj. Inf, 90760 (Q&A) Question: May the therapeutic, prophylactic, and diagnostic injections and infusion codes be reported when these services are provided by the nursing staff employed by the hospital (ie, hospital outpatient department)? Can the facility report the infusion codes for the nursing staff providing these services and can the physician also report these codes for supervising the plan and treatment? If so, what are the documentation requirements for the physician to be able to report these codes in a hospital outpatient department? Answer: Hydration, injection, and infusion...

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