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Anti-emesis:

4 Tips Help You Regain Confidence To Submit Claim For Oral Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride

Published on Fri Apr 17, 2015

Keep in mind the 48-hour period timeline. You may miss out on payment if you ignore essentials for oral anti-emesis, like the allowable period of covered therapy, documentation for chemotherapy, and substitution of intravenous options. You report code Q0161 (Chlorpromazine hydrochloride, 5 mg, oral, FDA approved prescription anti-emetic, for use as a complete therapeutic substitute for an IV anti-emetic at [...]
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