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Follow This Advice for Accurate IV Hydration Billing

Published on Wed Sep 09, 2026

Question: A patient received intravenous (IV) hydration from 1050-1325 and chemotherapy from 1120-1305. That means that there was a 29-minute span prior to chemo and a 20-minute span after chemo that was not concurrent. The combined time of the nonconcurrent hydration was 49 minutes, which we believed met the requirement for billing 96361, but the payer denied. The payer stated, [...]
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