Zofran – IVP
start time 0900
stop time 0901

I am confused about a couple of things.

1. Does the IVP become primary due to the heirarchy?
2. Do I subtract the IVP time from the total time of the hydration?
3. How would this scenario be coded?
4. I am seeing where an IVP should be counted as 15 minutes. Is that only if the actual time isn’t documented? In this case it was a minute.

I have pulled my MAC guidelines and some other info but I am still confused…..

He does not dc the line until the patient leaves about 2 hours later. He orders labs, and CT. The line is KVO according to the note

I explained that according to billing and coding guidelines you can’t bill 96360 with a time of over 2 hours and KVO is not correct.

I explained you can bill 96360 up to 1 hour and than bill 96361 or additional hour.

I also explained that if 96360 is boulos and pt is severely dehydrated you can add another bag of J7040 and bill that out for a full hour.

Can you please assist me. We bill with a place of service 20 Urgent Care

I would appreciate any feed back.
Thank you
Jackie