CPT^® 96446, Under Other Injection and Infusion Services

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 96446 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Other Injection and Infusion Services.

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The provider administers a chemotherapy drug into the patient’s peritoneal cavity (in the abdomen) using an implanted port or catheter.

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HIPEC coding

Can anyone give me an idea of how to correctly code the intraoperative administration of HIPEC after cytoreduction surgery? MCR will not accept the 96446 code due to place of service 21 (IP). And do ... [ Read More ]

Peritoneal infusions vs prolonged chemotherapy

[b]Intraperitoneal[/b] 96446 is the appropriate code for this service. Tricia D... [ Read More ]

Peritoneal infusions vs prolonged chemotherapy

I have a patient that is receiving Peritoneal Infusions (96446) in our office. She recently received a peritoneal infusion with a pump and sent home for 24 hours Prolonged chemo is coded as 96416 -... [ Read More ]

96446-59 & 96365 being labeled as bundling

According to the NCCI edits 96365 is a column 2 code to 96446 but a modifier is allowed to differentiate the procedures. The modifier would go on 96365.... [ Read More ]

96446-59 & 96365 being labeled as bundling

[b]96446-59 & 96365 (labeled as bundling?)[/b] I'm fighting with Medicaid trying to get them to understand these codes are distinct services. Somehow they think 96365 (IV infusion) is included w/in ... [ Read More ]

HIPEC billing and reimbursement

[b]Hipec[/b] I have also gotten denials for using 96446 in place of service 21. I am going to experiment using the "Unlisted chemotherapy" code 96549. Or did anyone have a better idea?... [ Read More ]

Implantation of port?

[QUOTE="gracec, post: 308471, member: 166617"]Hi all, My provider's thinking of hiring an intravenous radiologist to do an implantation of port to cancer patients. He was describing it as how the pat... [ Read More ]

Implantation of port?

Hi all, My provider's thinking of hiring an intravenous radiologist to do an implantation of port to cancer patients. He was describing it as how the patients have these ports in them for 3 days or s... [ Read More ]

96446

Can you bill multiple units for 96446 - Chemotherapy admin into the peritoneal cavity via indwelling port or catheter? thanks... [ Read More ]

HIPEC billing and reimbursement

[b]CPT 96446 and POS21[/b] Hi everyvody, we had biilled for some HIPEC service and notice that procedure 96446 is most of the time denail because of POS 21. Have you experience the same?... [ Read More ]

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