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CPT® 6030F, Under Patient Safety

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 6030F as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Patient Safety.

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This code is a performance measure code used for tracking adherence by clinicians and healthcare personnel to sterile procedures. Use this code to report that all elements of sterile barrier technique, hand washing hygiene, skin preparation and, if ultrasound is used, sterile ultrasound techniques followed (CRIT) have been adhered to, to maximal extent.

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PQRI Codes
Have a measure 30 and 76 question for the state of Pennsylvania If antibiotics are not pre ordered but they are administered within the time frame, how would you code this with the 4047 and 4048 code... [ Read More ]
PQRS Measure 76
I agree. The denominator is the CVC code. They will only penalize you if you report a CVC code without also reporting the PQRS measure 6030F. If you don't ever place central catheters you don't hav... [ Read More ]
G Codes for Anesthesia
Check out the category III codes in CPT. For abx 4048F & 4047F For MSBT 6030F For Warming 4250F 4255F 4256F You can go to the CMS website and look up the measures in their PQRI guidelines. #30 #... [ Read More ]
PQRI for Anesthesia group
4047F - 8P not ordered 4048F ordered and given timely 4048F - 8P ordered but not given timely 4048F - 1P ordered but not given for medical reasons These are what we bill, are you billing them with... [ Read More ]
Pqri Reporting
For anesthesia there are only two PQRI measures available. 6030F Maximal Sterile Barrier Technique 6030F Mod 1P Action not performed/Reason Documented 6030F Mod 8P Action not perf... [ Read More ]
Performance Based Anesthesia coding
[b]Swan Ganz[/b] I think you may be referring to the PQRI for sterile barrier technique... this is billable when a CVP line is placed and that code is 6030F. As far as I know we bill the 4047f and ... [ Read More ]
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