Jan 08 2019 11. Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System HCPCS Manual 12. International Classification of Disease 9th and 10th Revision Clinical Modification Manuals ICD 10 CM . 13. Noridian Local Coverage Article Hydration Services A52732 Effective 10/1/2015 Revised 1/20/2017 14.
E. Hydration cannot be reported concurrently with any other infusion or drug administration service. F. The definition of infusion time is inherent and presented in the guidelines for these codes. In other words a minimum time duration of 31 minutes of hydration infusion is required to report the service. G.
Hydration and Infusion Coding Tips Key –1 initial service unless 2 separate IV accesses are documented in the medication administration record Hydration is reported at 31 minutes of infusion. <= 30 minutes –do not report Concurrent service is only allowed once per encounter
Hydration The hydration codes are used to report a hydration IV infusion which consists of a pre packaged fluid and /or electrolytes e.g. normal saline D5 1/2 normal saline 30 mg EqKC1/liter but are not used to report infusion of drugs or other substances.
Aug 12 2009 For hydration infusion intervals of greater than 30 minutes that go beyond one hour increments each additional hour is coded with 96361. No modifier is required. IV Hydration codes should be billed with chemotherapy codes only if the hydration is given before or after the chemotherapy if chemotherapy is given simultaneously with an IV
Palmetto GBA has received inquiries related to the billing and documentation of infusions injections and hydration fluids. Documentation medical necessity and code assignment are very important. For purposes of facility coding an infusion is required to be more than 15
90760 Intravenous infusion hydration initial 31 minutes to 1 hour 90761 Intravenous infusion hydration each additional hour List separately in addition to code for primary procedure Report 90761 for hydration infusion intervals of greater than 30 minutes beyond 1 hour increments Report 90761 to identify hydration if provided
Medically necessary hydration is reported with the add on hydration code when another service is reported as initial. And lastly hydration services of 30 minutes or less cannot be reported. Therapeutic infusions chemotherapy and non chemotherapy have their own set of coding rules. The initial hour of infusion is 16 to 90 minutes.
Coding Implications Revision Log . See . Important Reminder. at the end of this policy for important regulatory and legal information. Policy Overview . According to the American Medical Association AMA CPT code 96360 is used to report intravenous IV infusions for hydration purposes. The code is used to report the first 31 minutes
Jan 18 2019 Intravenous infusion hydration initial 31 minutes to 1 hour. Do not report 96360 if performed as a concurrent infusion service. Do not report intravenous infusion for hydration of 30 minutes or less. 96361 Each additional hour List separately in addition to code for primary procedure . Use 96361 in conjunction with 96360.
Used to report a hydration IV infusion to consist of pre packaged fluid electrolytes eg normal saline D5W but not drugs or other substances Do not report if infusion time 30 minutes or less Report add on code 96361 for hydration intervals of > 30 minutes beyond 1 hour increments
3/14/2019 4 7 Infusion Confusion April 2019 8 HYDRATION CPT Codes 96360‐96361 Includes pre‐packaged fluids with or without electrolytes Example D5W normal saline D5‐1/2 normal saline 30mEq KCl Hydration must infuse for at least 31 minutes to bill for hydration otherwise it is not reportable Not be reported when hydration is running concurrently with drug infusions
Jun 14 2013 Coding IV Push and Hydration I went to SuperCoder and looked up the codes and found some information on hydration infusion. Now this is actually in your CPT manual because I knew 93961 was an add on code.
Palmetto GBA has received inquiries related to the billing and documentation of infusions injections and hydration fluids. Documentation medical necessity and code assignment are very important. Infusion Therapy For purposes of facility coding an infusion is required to be more than 15 minutes for safe and effective administration.
Mar 14 2019 A Hydration therapy can be used for a number of reasons. Some people seek IV hydration as a hangover cure or for migraine treatment. Others find it useful for athletic recovery stress relief or as a way to rehydrate after a long flight an illness or a hot day in the sun. If your body is crying out for fluids and that lack of fluids is
Aug 12 2009 For hydration infusion intervals of greater than 30 minutes that go beyond one hour increments each additional hour is coded with 96361. No modifier is required. IV Hydration codes should be billed with chemotherapy codes only if the hydration is given before or after the chemotherapy if chemotherapy is given simultaneously with an IV
Report the infusion code for each additional hour only if the infusion interval is greater than 30 minutes beyond the 1 hour increment 3. Report 96367 only once per sequential infusion of same infusate mix. 4. Report concurrent infusion only once in an encounter. 5. Do not report infusion of hydration of 30 minutes or less 6.
Aug 05 2019 Hydration Infusion Coding at MidnightThe Orphaned Service Interval. Let’s suppose IV hydration is initiated on a patient running consecutively and started at 11 45pm on day 1 until 1 20 am on day 2. That’s one hour and 35 minutes of total running time by the clock so it’s worth one initial and one additional CPT hour.
CPT instructions require the administration of a hydration infusion of more than 30 minutes in order to allow the coding of hydration as an initial service. Hydration of 30 minutes or less is not separately billable. This means hydration must last at least 31 minutes in order to bill it. If there is no documented stop time the duration of the
Jun 14 2013 HI I am also new to coding Infusion and Hydration. Can you help with your copy of cheat sheet regarding infusion and hydration. My mail Id is smilenithya gmail. Thanks Nitya . S. StephanieBurnett New. Messages 4 Location Louisville KY Best
May 10 2012 Adapted from the AHA Coding Clinic Volume 12 Number 1 First Quarter 2012. Hydration is defined as the replacement of necessary fluids via an IV infusion which consists of pre packaged fluids and electrolytes. Hydration services are reported by using CPT codes 96360 initial 31 minutes to 1 hour and 96361 each additional hour .
The hierarchy facility vs. clinic for infusion codingInitial each additional each sequential concurrent Documentation of start and stop times Chemo and non chemo infusion pumps 2 Evaluation and Management E/M visits performed the same day as infusion services Coding hydration infusion with other infusion services
Apr 20 2018 For example suppose a patient comes to the ER on January 20 and IV hydration is started at 10 p.m. and continues until 6 30 a.m. on January 21. The patient also received an IV push of morphine at 10 20 p.m. on January 20 and again at 2 a.m. on January 21. The following CPT codes would be reported
Jun 14 2013 HI I am also new to coding Infusion and Hydration. Can you help with your copy of cheat sheet regarding infusion and hydration. My mail Id is smilenithya gmail. Thanks Nitya . S. StephanieBurnett New. Messages 4 Location Louisville KY Best
Injection and Infusion Coding Offers High Stakes Outpatient Coders Must Play Their Cards Right. By Charles Flewelling Jr. RHIT. With the consistently rising value of highly skilled outpatient coders numerous HIM departments are moving to a staffing model that employs coding professionals who are well versed in coding both inpatient and outpatient encounters.
The hydration infusion is started at 3 00 p.m. The patient becomes nauseated 10 minutes later and the provider orders 25 mg of Phenergan to be pushed at the same access site which is performed at 3 13 p.m. The infusion is completed at 4 00 p.m. and the I V discon nected. The proper coding for the procedure is 96360 Intra
Billing and Coding Infusion Injection and Hydration . Cms.gov DA 11 PA 50 MOZ Rank 61. For purposes of facility coding an infusion is required to be more than 15 minutes for safe and effective administration. Hydration therapy is always secondary to infusion/injection therapy.
Infusion Injection Do NOT Do Do not bill injection/infusion when it is inherent to a procedure IV Push for contrast during an MRI IV Infusion during an OR procedure Do not bill hydration when Fluids are to safely accommodate a therapeutic drug infusion IV piggyback Fluids are used to dilute and mix the drug. 16
Jun 26 2009 A Based on your question the dates of service 5/5 through 5/6 would be considered one outpatient encounter crossing a calendar day. Always keep the facility drug hierarchy in mind. Regardless of when the services were provided IVP of Zofran 96374 would be the initial service provided on 5/5 followed by the hydration 96361 provided on 5/5
Jun 26 2009 A Based on your question the dates of service 5/5 through 5/6 would be considered one outpatient encounter crossing a calendar day. Always keep the facility drug hierarchy in mind. Regardless of when the services were provided IVP of Zofran 96374 would be the initial service provided on 5/5 followed by the hydration 96361 provided on 5/5
Coding and documentation for infusion and injection services in all care settings Covers a broad range of infusion/injection services including hydration therapy drug administration injections and chemotherapy services as well as blood collection transfusions and other procedures also includes a section on coding for drugs and biologicals
E. Hydration cannot be reported concurrently with any other infusion or drug administration service. F. The definition of infusion time is inherent and presented in the guidelines for these codes. In other words a minimum time duration of 31 minutes of hydration infusion is required to report the service. G.
d Hydration Infusion Assign CPT 96360 IV hydration initial 31 90 minutes and CPT 96361 add on code used once infusion lasts 91 minutes in length. An intravenous infusion of hydration of 30 minutes or less is not billable. Hydration infusion must be at least 31 minutes in length to bill the service.
Intravenous Infusion for Hydration By Judy A. Bielby MBA RHIA CPHQ CCS FAHIMA Objective The objective of this article is to examine the coding of hydration with CPT codes 96360 Intravenous infusion hydration initial 31 minutes to 1 hour and 96361 Intravenous infusion hydration each additional hour List
May 02 2018 96413Chemo administration IV infusion up to 1 hr single/initial substance or drug Heed These Hydration Coding Tips. When coding 96361 you must choose a primary code for the date of service Noridian instructed. And typically you will code only one initial service. Caveat The exception to this rule is when you have two separate
Jun 17 2019 Hydration is a prepackaged fluid and electrolytes normal saline . IV Infusion is for the administration of substance or drugs when fluids are used to administer the drugs. IV Push is for the administration of a substance or drug taking less than 15 minutes. For Hydration/Infusion services you can only have one initial service per encounter