tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 20

INFUSIONS: Infusion Confusion Gone, Thanks To CMS

Transmittal states: Use G0350 once per session.Providers who have been trying to squeeze their short-term infusions into the G-code for an intravenous push have good news.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services clarified in Transmittal 148 and Medlearn Matters article 3818 that providers should only use the IV push code G0353 for a push or infusion of less than 15 minutes.   Previously, CMS had said a provider must use G0353 for all infusions up to 30 minutes - and the code's descriptor calls for a provider's constant supervision.In addition to the question of whether...

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