tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 5

Part B Coding Coach: Collect Every Time for Chemotherapy Administration With These Tips

Keep an eye on time of infusion and earn for sequential drugs, if any. When coding for chemotherapeutic injections and infusions, you’ll need to be able to unravel the complexities of administering chemotherapy, complex drug, or biologic agent for treatment to accurately report your provider’s services, which are considered complex due to the higher likelihood of adverse events. Route and time are key: Like the codes for injections and infusions of regular non-chemotherapy and simple medications, the codes for chemotherapy and complex drug administration are determined based on the route and time of the drug administration. Exception:...

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