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<strong>Mastering</strong> <strong>Injection</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Infusion</strong> <strong>Coding</strong><br />

Notes/Comments/Questions<br />

Let’s Play<br />

Patient with CHF <strong>and</strong><br />

PVT IV bolus of<br />

amiodarone<br />

Followed by<br />

infusion of Lasix<br />

over a two hour<br />

period<br />

Push<br />

Jack<br />

Push<br />

Jack<br />

96374, initial IV push<br />

96375, sequential<br />

push, different drug<br />

<strong>Infusion</strong>s without start/stop times are coded as pushes.<br />

Copyright Sarasin Consulting Group 81<br />

Riddle Me This<br />

• When does an infusion become a<br />

push?<br />

• When does hydration become a<br />

therapeutic infusion?<br />

Copyright Sarasin Consulting Group 82<br />

AHIMA 2009 Audio Seminar Series 41

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