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CPT 2006 Update:

Getting to Know Your New Injection Codes

Published on Sun Jan 01, 2006

The American Medical Association CPT Editorial Board deleted seven injection and infusion codes with the 2006 CPT change. Here are the new therapeutic, prophylactic, and diagnostic injection and infusion codes that pulmonology coders should know:

• 90765--Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis (specify substance or drug); initial, up to 1 hour

• +90766--...each additional hour, up to 8 hours (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)

• +90767--...additional sequential infusion, up to 1 hour (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)

• +90768--...concurrent infusion (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)

• 90772--Therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); subcutaneous or intramuscular

• 90773--...intra-arterial

• 90774--...intravenous push, single or initial substance/drug

• +90775--...each additional sequential intravenous push of a new substance/drug (list separately in addition to code for primary procedure)

• 90779--Unlisted therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic intravenous or intra-arterial injection or infusion
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