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Stick to 67028 for Kenalog Injections in Office

Published on Sat Nov 05, 2005

Question: I code for a group of ophthalmologists in a university hospital. When an ophthalmologist does an intravitreal injection of Kenalog, I code 67028 for his service. In this setting, should I code separately for the Kenalog supply itself? If so, is it by units or cc's?


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Answer: Let the facility handle the supply coding. For procedures the ophthalmologist provides in a hospital, report only the physician services, in this case 67028 (Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent [separate procedure]). The facility would report J3301 (Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, per 10 mg) for the supply of the drug.

The ophthalmologist can report J3301 if he injects it in the office. Code one unit of J3301 for each 10 mg the ophthalmologist injects.

Example: The ophthalmologist injects 20 mg of Kenalog. Report J3301 with "2" in the "units" column of the claim form.
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