tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 35

IV Infusion Bundled Into Lesion Laminectomy Codes

Physician Coder have been accustomed to billing 90780 (Intravenous infusion for therapy/diagnosis, administered by physician or under direct supervision of physician; up to one hour) separately when reporting administration of a support drug following chemotherapy. But the first National  Correct Coding Initiative update changes that.   On Jan. 1, 90780 becomes a component of a number of codes as well. This nonchemotherapy infusion code can be billed separately when you use it to report administration of a support drug following chemotherapy.   But as of Jan. 1, this code will be a component of lesion laminectomy codes 63281-63290, laminectomy...

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