tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2017 Issue 8

Outpatient Coding: The Facility Coder's Guide to Infusions and Medications

Confused about the difference between an injection and an infusion? Here’s help. Just because you don’t have to know as much anatomy to correctly code infusions as you do to code surgical procedures doesn’t mean it’s easy. At AAPC’s recent Healthcon in Las Vegas, Lisa Hornick BA, CPC, CPMA, CEDC, CphT schooled attendees on infusion coding fundamentals. Hornick’s tips should help your coding and billing office banish infusion confusion for good. Check clinical documentation for start and stop times for each substance administered. You need start and stop times to select the correct...

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