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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2004 Issue 8 (August)
Medicine (August 2004)
August 2004 page 11c
Coding Consultation:Questions and Answers
Medicine, 96410, 96412 (Q&A)
Question
What are the appropriate codes to
report for a chemotherapy administration via
IV infusion technique with a total duration
time of 90 minutes?
AMA Comment
From a CPT coding perspective,
if the total administration time is
90 minutes, then code 96410, Chemotherapy
administration, intravenous; infusion technique, up
to one hour, should be reported for the first hour.
Code 96412, Chemotherapy administration, intravenous;
infusion technique, one to 8 hours, each
additional hour (List separately in addition to code for
primary procedure), should be reported appended
by...
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