Nebulizer Supplies, Diltiazem IV, Influenza Vaccines with E/M Codes, and Critical Care Coding in Urgent Care

Q.I am using an EHR, but it does not seem to code nebulizer treatments correctly. It produces codes 94640 (nebulizer treatment) and J7620 (albuterol/ipra – tropium bromide), but it misses the codes for administration set, with small volume non-filtered pneumatic nebulizer, disposable (A7003) and tubing (A7011 ). Why is this? A.The administration set code (A7003) and tubing code (A7011) code are actually bundled into the code for the treatment (ie, they are included in 94640). …

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