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Billing for the drugs used during a surgical procedure?
Date: Dec 15, 2020
Question:
When the place of service is an office (POS 11), can all drugs that are injected or administered by IV be coded in addition to the surgery? I am clear drug administration service codes can't be coded in addition to the surgery, but can at least the HCPCS for drug get coded such as the drugs used for pain and prophylactic antibiotic use? Example: Could Dilaudid and Ancef be additionally coded with a tunneled dialysis catheter replacement?
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