Hi,
I believe we may be coding our IV administration wrong. I need help!
Our Urgent Care bills like a family practice. If a patient comes in and we administer an antibiotic for 1 hour and then another antibiotic runs for 35 mins. and then we push a pain medication and we are giving the patient normal saline for hydration (45 mins), we would code 96365,97366, 96375 and 96361 and the codes for the antibiotics and pain medication.
We do not charge for the saline and I am wondering if we should be using 96367 and 96378 codes. I need some clarification. We have never used 96367 and 96368, as I was told those are3 only used in the hospital? So, we have not been using them since we bill from the office setting. Seems rather confusing to me. Any he3lp from the experts would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
I believe we may be coding our IV administration wrong. I need help!
Our Urgent Care bills like a family practice. If a patient comes in and we administer an antibiotic for 1 hour and then another antibiotic runs for 35 mins. and then we push a pain medication and we are giving the patient normal saline for hydration (45 mins), we would code 96365,97366, 96375 and 96361 and the codes for the antibiotics and pain medication.
We do not charge for the saline and I am wondering if we should be using 96367 and 96378 codes. I need some clarification. We have never used 96367 and 96368, as I was told those are3 only used in the hospital? So, we have not been using them since we bill from the office setting. Seems rather confusing to me. Any he3lp from the experts would be very much appreciated.
Thanks