OAR 410-148-0320: Billing Quantities, Metric Quantities and Package Sizes

(1) Use the following metric conversions when billing; (a) Fluid Ounce — 30 ml; (b) Pint — 480 ml; (c) Quart — 960 ml; (d) Gallon — 3,840 ml; (e) Ounce (solids) — 30 gm; (f) Pound (solids) — 454 gm. (2) Use the following units when billing products: (a) Solid substances (e.g., powders, creams, ointments, etc.), bill per gram; (b) Solid substances that are reconstituted with a liquid (e.g., dry powder ampules and vials) such as antibiotic vials or piggybacks must be billed in metric quantity of one each; (c) Tablets, capsules, suppositories, lozenges, packets bill per each unit. Oral contraceptives are to be billed per each table; (d) Diagnostic supplies (e.g., chemstrips, clinitest tabs), bill per each unit; (e) Injectables that are prepackaged syringe (e.g., tubex, carpujects), bill per ml; (f) Medical Supplies (e.g., Testape, Cordran tape) bill in metric quantity of one each; (g) Prepackaged medications and unit doses must be billed per unit (tablet or capsule). Unit dose liquids are to be billed by ml; (h) Fractional ml liquid doses (e.g., flu vaccine, pneumovax, etc.) use unique codes and bill per each dose; (i) Fractional units: If no unique codes are available, round quantity up to the next whole unit (e.g., 3.5 gm to 4.0 gm; 7.2 ml up to 8 ml).