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tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 36
Reader Question: Injection With Psychotherapy Depends on CCI
Question: If our psychiatrist (or our nurse) is providing the patient an injection in the same session in which he is performing a psychotherapy service, can I report both the services together? Can I report an E/M service for the visit? If so, are any modifiers required to be reported with any of the codes?
Answer: If you are looking at reporting an intramuscular injection provided by your psychiatrist, then you will have to report 96372 (Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection [specify substance or drug]; subcutaneous or intramuscular). Since the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) does not bundle this CPT®...
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