tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 35

Part B Coding Coach: Give Your Multiple Infusion Reporting A Much-Needed Makeover

Submit one initial service code and primary purpose, not medication sequence, matters most. Reporting multiple infusions may be routine for you. Oncologists infuse not only chemotherapeutic agents but non-chemotherapeutic agents as well. You should make it a habit to list all infusions and appropriately report each one of them. Here is an example for understanding the reporting of multiple infusions.  Example: You may read that your physician treated a patient with stage IIA non-small cell lung cancer. The patient had a surgical resection followed by four cycles of carboplatin/Taxol. Your physician now documents the patient has metastatic disease...

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