Mastering Injection and Infusion Coding - American Health ...
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<strong>Mastering</strong> <strong>Injection</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Infusion</strong> <strong>Coding</strong><br />
Notes/Comments/Questions<br />
2008 vs. 2009 APC Payment Rate<br />
Comparison of “Initial” Drug<br />
Administration Services Only<br />
$200<br />
$187<br />
$150<br />
$100<br />
$50<br />
$149<br />
$114 $114 $128<br />
$51<br />
$36<br />
$73<br />
IVPB<br />
IVP<br />
CHEMO<br />
HYDRATE<br />
$0<br />
2008 2009<br />
5<br />
2009 CPT ® Drug Administration<br />
Code Update<br />
• Hydration, therapeutic, prophylactic <strong>and</strong><br />
diagnostic service CPT codes have been<br />
renumbered<br />
• 2008 CPT code numbers 907XX change to 963XX in 2009<br />
• Hydration<br />
• New code numbers, but all rules/instructions remain<br />
the same<br />
• “Do not report intravenous infusion for hydration of 30<br />
minutes or less” moved under the initial hour code rather<br />
than under the each additional hour code.<br />
• Some other sections renamed in the 2009 CPT<br />
book<br />
6<br />
AHIMA 2009 Audio Seminar Series 3
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