tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 5

5 Pearls of Wisdom for Chemotherapy Administration

Here are five important tips that will serve as a guide for your chemotherapy administration coding. 1. When your physician mixes more than one drugs in the same bag, you code for one administration for the bag of combined medication. Typically, these are non-chemotherapeutic agents mixed in the same bag. In general, chemotherapy drugs are not mixed with other medications in the same bag. Look for ‘intravenous piggy back’ in the procedure note. 2. Verify only one initial administration code is billed per encounter. This initial code is governed by the primary reason for the encounter. “In...

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