AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 3 (March)
Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, and Diagnostic Injections and Infusions (Excludes Chemotherapy) (March 2007)
March 2007 page 10d Coding Communication:Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, and Diagnostic Injections and Infusions (Excludes Chemotherapy) Question Why is code 90766, Intravenous infusion, for therapy, prophylaxis, or diagnosis (specify substance or drug); each additional hour (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure), revised for CPT 2007? AMA Comment Code 90766 has been revised to remove the reporting limitations for infusions that last longer than eight hours. The descriptor now allows infusions to be reported for each additional hour without regard for a predefined limit. Medicine: Hydration, Therapeutic, Prophylactic, and Diagnostic Injections and Infusions (Excludes Chemotherapy) (March 2007)...
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