tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 31

CPT 2008: Tough Injections Could Gain New Coding Options In January

Caution: Don't bill regular ventilator management codes for nursing home patients next yearStruggling with complex drug injections or ventilator management? January's CPT update could come to your rescue! Here's a lowdown on some changes that could be coming down the pike. - Chemotherapy codes may become easier to use in 2008, says one source familiar with the CPT panel's decisions. Currently, you mainly use chemotherapy codes with antineoplastic agents. But in 2008, you could be able to use these codes with other agents that have a similar amount of complexity or effort as the antineoplastics.-Some of the agents...

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