AMA CPT® Assistant - 2008 Issue 9 (September)

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

September 2008 page 10c Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, Diagn Inj, Infus, 90760 (Q&A) Question: If a stat normal saline or other hydration infusion (500 or 1000 cc) is ordered and administered (30 minutes or less; for example, in acute trauma or anaphylaxis), how is this coded? Answer: If a prepackaged IV fluid is ordered and hung for at least 31 minutes, it is reported using code 90760. Commonly, in the situation being questioned, most of the fluid would be administered rapidly, then the infusion tapered such that it would finish in over thirty minutes, in which case code...

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