(NAR) VOL. 14 NOS. 3-4 / OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2003
CODE DESCRIPTIVE TERMS RVU______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 77401 Radiation treatment delivery 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 79000 Radiopharmaceutical (radioactive iodine) therapy 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 90935 Hemodialysis procedure 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 90945 Dialysis procedure other than hemodialysis (e.g. peritoneal, hemofiltration) 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 93556 Imaging supervision, interpretation and report for injection procedures during cardiac catheterization; coronary angiography 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 96408 Chemotherapy administration 10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Furthermore, in case of claims for vasectomy and tubal ligation the codes to be reported are as follows:
CODE DESCRIPTIVE TERMS RVU______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 55250 Vasectomy, unilateral or bilateral Package ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58600 Ligation or transaction of fallopian tube(s), abdominal or Package vaginal approach, unilateral or bilateral ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
For your information and guidance.
Adopted: 05 Feb. 2002
(SGD.) FRANCISCO T. DUQUE III, MD, MSc.
President and CEO