AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 11 (November)

Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, and Diagnostic Injections and Infusions (Excludes Chemotherapy) (November 2006)

November 2006 page 22c Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, & Diagnostic Injections & Infusions (Excludes Chemotherapy), 90768 (Q&A) Question Are all drugs given through one line considered to be concurrent and reported with code 90768? It seems that the code descriptor can also be interpreted to mean all drugs in one infusate can be coded 90767. Which is it? If three drugs are given in one bag, how is this circumstance coded? Are infusions reported when administered through one line or through one infusate with code 90767 or 90768? AMA Comment Concurrent means at the same time and sequential...

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