2.0 DESCRIPTION
Anticoagulant services are
intended to describe the outpatient management of Warfarin therapy,
including ordering, review, and interpretation of International
Normalized Ratio (INR) testing, communication with patient, and
dosage adjustments as appropriate.
3.0 POLICY
Outpatient anticoagulation
management (Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes 99363 and
99364) for patients receiving long-term anticoagulant therapy (e.g.,
Warfarin) in the office or outpatient setting may be considered
for cost-sharing.