YES, I got it!!!  Thank you so much!!!!!! I feel much better now :-) Patty H.

O.k. Thank you ladies. I do have one more question and then I promise to leave you alone. When reporting 96361 to identify hydration as a secondary or subsequent service after a different initial service is administered through the same IV access, what would you say the total time requirements would be to justify billing a 96361. Would ...

Thank you Christina, This is exactly what I have been trying to teach our nurses and it seems to be a difficult issue for them to understand. My next question is in regard to hierarchy vs. reason for the encounter. I attended an audioconfrence where the speaker chose ''...the reason for the encounter'' over the hierarchy rules and coded ...

Hi Christina, I hope you can give me your thoughts on the proper way to document hydration. Hydration is given first followed by an IVP before the first 31 minutes of hydration was completed. Example: 9:00  NS 1000 cc hydration started    9:10 Zofran IVP given over two minutes (no stop time documented) Would you ...