karebrad
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Please give me your thougnts on how you would code the following in an emergency room setting:
#1 Sodium Chloride hydration, for 25 minutes.
One hour break; no other medications of any given
#2 Sodium Chloride hydration, for 25 minutes.
I cannot find any documentation in the 2016 CPT book to state that I can add up the total time for all (sodium chloride as a type) hydrations given separately, and use that number of minutes to determine whether to charge, or not.
If I use the information as written in CPT book, since neither hydration was more than 31 minutes, I cannot code for either.
If I use the strategy that I can add Hydration #1 and Hydration #2 to total 50 minutes, I can code 96360 x1.
Thank you for your help!
#1 Sodium Chloride hydration, for 25 minutes.
One hour break; no other medications of any given
#2 Sodium Chloride hydration, for 25 minutes.
I cannot find any documentation in the 2016 CPT book to state that I can add up the total time for all (sodium chloride as a type) hydrations given separately, and use that number of minutes to determine whether to charge, or not.
If I use the information as written in CPT book, since neither hydration was more than 31 minutes, I cannot code for either.
If I use the strategy that I can add Hydration #1 and Hydration #2 to total 50 minutes, I can code 96360 x1.
Thank you for your help!