Help with HCPC

Does anyone know the HCPCS for a medication called Atripla (NDC# 15584-0101-01)? We gave a dose to a patient that was stuck with a dirty needle. Maybe it is not even a HCPCS?

Thanks

Help with HCPC

Did you give it in pill form? or IM/IV?

Help with HCPC

Our friends at Wikipedia have this to say:

Atripla is a fixed dose combination drug for the treatment of HIV infection. It combines Gilead Sciences's tenofovir and emtricitabine (already available in the anti-HIV combination Truvada) with Bristol-Myers Squibb's efavirenz into a fixed-dose pill. Combining the three drugs into a single, once-daily pill reduces pill burden and simplifies dosing schedules, and therefore has the potential to increase adherence to antiretroviral therapy.

If you gave the pill form, I don't think you'll get paid for it in the MD office.

You could bill for it...

but I doubt you paid for it. You probably gave a sample pill or a return from another patient and to charge for that would be fraud. Ask the docs who got busted charging for Lupron that they got as samples.

Atripla

I work for a Occupational Health Physician. We keep this medication available (purchased by us) for people who come in for needle sticks, animal scratches... It was given to the patient in a tablet form. Any HCPC help would be much appreciated.

Thank you

Atripla

Do I assume correctly that you are billing this to the patient's employer, and not their insurance company? I'd use an unlisted code, send a copy of the invoice, and price it accordingly.

There wouldn't be an administration fee, of course.

Assumption correct (partially)

It is going to be billed to the employers workers Compensation carrier. I wanted to use a HCPC if there was one available.

Thank you