Internal Medicine Coding Alert
Get Up to Speed on Drug Administration Coding for 2006
Published on Tue Jan 10, 2006 
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Clip and save these important infusion crosswalks
Beginning Jan. 1, you can quickly submit infusion claims using the correct CPT codes if you refer to this chart, which ties deleted G and CPT codes to their new counterpart.
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