AMA CPT® Assistant - 2006 Issue 8 (August)

Medicine: Therapeutic, Prophylactic, and Diagnostic Injections and Infusions (August 2006)

August 2006 page 11 Medicine: Therapeutic, Prophylactic & Diagnostic Inj & Inf, 90768 (Q&A) Question If substances are administered in separate bags, is it appropriate to report CPT code 90768, Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis (specify substance or drug); concurrent infusion (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), for each substance? AMA Comment Substances that are administered in separate bags but administered simultaneously are considered a concurrent infusion. The concurrent infusion code 90768 should, therefore, be reported once per patient encounter regardless of the time or amount administered. Medicine: Therapeutic, Prophylactic & Diagnostic Inj...

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