Understanding Coding for Injections and Infusions

As reimbursement decreases on services and drugs, it is important that providers are reporting all of the services that are payable to realize the maximum reimbursement for what they are performing.  To do that, staff has to understand the complex coding of these infusions and injections.  This type of reporting is frequently based on the time in which that patient is receiving treatment, with additional codes to be reported for different drugs, prophylactic circumstances and different methods of delivering the treatments along with reporting the drugs administered based on the dosage given.  There is also a method to report discarded drugs when it applies, which is important when the provider has purchased the drugs in advance, and need to at the very least, receive their money back on those drugs.

Webinar Objectives

Patients that need IV therapy or chemotherapy are required to receive this therapy over a period of time very often in several sessions.  The reporting of these services to the insurance companies requires documentation to support the length of time the patient receives each drug(s) and the order in which the treatment is given.  CPT® codes reported are chosen based on the time it takes for the patient to receive their treatment in addition to the combinations in which they are given.  Once these codes and code combinations are determined, it is then realized what medications were received and the proper HCPCS codes are chosen, with the dosage, to report these drug(s) provided by the provider.  There are also insurance carrier guidelines that dictate what condition(s) or neoplasm can be treated by each of these drugs, to identify the medical necessity for the patient to receive the treatment, and the insurance carrier to reimburse for the services.  There are several methods in which these drugs can be administered and a combination of CPT® codes used for listing these methods.

Webinar Agenda

Our expert speaker  will go over not only the coding for infusions and injections, but also discuss the documentation requirements.  These requirements are critical to ensure that if you were to be audited you will have the information necessary.

Webinar Highlights

• Hydration
• Chemotherapy Infusion
• Different methods of infusion
• Types of injections involved in these treatments
• Subsequent and concurrent drug delivery
• Reporting of add on codes in certain circumstances
• Determining the appropriate HCPCS code(s) for drugs
• Reporting discarded drugs
• Reporting drugs that do not have a HCPCS code
• Deciding the medical necessity based on diagnosis code

Who Should Attend

Nurses, physicians, medical assistants, coders, biller, prior authorization reps, claims adjusters, PAs Administrators, managers