AMA CPT® Assistant - 2001 Issue 10 (October)

Coding Clarification (October 2001)

October 2001 page 11-end Coding Consultation Therapeutic or Diagnostic Infusions, 90780 (Q&A), Coding Clarification The coding advice published in the August 2001 issue of the CPT Assistant regarding therapeutic or diagnostic infusions performed in a hospital setting was not intended to address any specific payor policy, but was based strictly on CPT coding guidelines. As a follow-up to the previously published coding advice, this information is provided to address reporting for Medicare-covered patients who receive prolonged intravenous infusions in an outpatient hospital setting. The Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services' Common Healthcare Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes (Medicare's National Level...

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