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Wiki 96523 port flush

Has anybody noticed that medicare and medicaid are not paying the port flush? Is there some update that i cannot find?
- BRAINWATER
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- Mar 7, 2019
- 96523
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki 96523 Port Flush

This question has been brought up to me "Saline flushes for PICC and Ports, is there a cap on how many you can charge for? Ex. PICC's actually have NS 20ml flushes for each lumen and there are two lumens. Nursing is only charting on 1 lumen. Can we get more reimbursement for all 4, or no?"...
- Noellecherie
- Thread
- Mar 6, 2019
- 96523 infusion coding irrigation of vad port flush
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Medical Coding General Discussion
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Wiki TPA (Activase) instilled into port unsuccessful declot

A patient had Activase instilled into their port due to no blood return. After 1 hour the nurse tried to draw blood but was unsuccessful. The Activase is being charged but can we still charge 36593 or just 96523 since the nurse truly also flushed the port?
- cmoser3635
- Thread
- Jan 27, 2016
- 96523 activase blood port unsuccessfull declot
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Hematology/Oncology

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