We have documentation indicating an IV was running "wide open". My nursing background tells me this is to get a bolus in as fast as possible for hydration.
I am being told by a coding consultant this cannot be counted towards hydration, it would be considered just an avenue to give meds etc. (Similar to a TKO) I know we cannot bill for hydration when the IV is TKO, but wide open is very different. Any thoughts? Does anyone have any good reference sources to back this one up one way or another?
Thanks.
I am being told by a coding consultant this cannot be counted towards hydration, it would be considered just an avenue to give meds etc. (Similar to a TKO) I know we cannot bill for hydration when the IV is TKO, but wide open is very different. Any thoughts? Does anyone have any good reference sources to back this one up one way or another?
Thanks.