Wiki Help please - We had a patient

[suela923@aol.com]

We had a patient who had an IV therapy of albumin after the paracentesis. The start time was 1701 and stop time 1716. Since this is only 15 minutes can I charge as 96374, IV Push?

Thank you.
Sue

 

[jemimah crescentia]

96374-IV push

Intravenous push and Intravenous infusion are different, I think in this case the 96365 could be appropriate,
hope this helps...

Dr. Jemimah, CPC

 

[skeeley]

I believe you should use the 96374 because the definition of Intravenous or intra-arterial push is (a) an injection in which the health care professional who administers the drug/stubstance is continuously present to administer the injection and observe the patient, or (b) an infusion of 15 minutes or less.
Key part being the 15 minutes or less. I hope this helps.

 

[sleeman]

here is a cheat sheet we use:

ANCILLARY SERVICE CPT CODE
HYDRATION 96360 +96361

NAUSEA RX: THERAPEUTIC INJECTION
IV Push is defined as an infusion of ≤15 minutes 96374 +96375 +96376

PAIN RX: THERAPEUTIC INJECTION
IV Push is defined as an infusion of ≤15 minutes 96374 +96375 +96376

ANTIBIOTIC RX: THERAPEUTIC INFUSION
Infusion is defined as an infusion of ≥16 minutes 96365 +96366 +96367 +96368