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Answer These Top 3 Questions To Test Your Understanding of Chemotherapy Administration

Published on Thu Feb 04, 2016

When reporting multiple infusions, choose initial administration service code to represent the primary reason for the infusion. When reporting administration of chemotherapy, always remember your claims are incomplete if you miss any details of administration, medication, and underlying condition. Here is a detailed chemotherapy example you may find supported in the physician’s progress note, nursing documentation and infusion log. Test [...]
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