CCI Update:
83704 Takes Column 1 Spot in Lab Edits
Published on Mon Oct 18, 2010
Don't try to report this code with lipid panel.If your practice performs its own lab tests, make sure you keep in compliance by implementing a new edit pair included in Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) version 16.3, which went into effect Oct. 1 for physicians.Choose One Code for Single Lipid SpecimenCCI 16.3 adds three edit pairs your lab may need to know. You'll find that, effective Oct. 1, 83704 (Lipoprotein, blood; quantitation of lipoprotein particle numbers and lipoprotein particle subclasses [e.g., by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy]) is a column 1 code bundled with the following three codes in column 2 on the non-mutually exclusive edit list:80061 -- Lipid panel82465 -- Cholesterol, serum or whole blood, total84478 -- Triglycerides.What that means for you: If your lab performs a lipid panel, total cholesterol, or triglycerides test on a blood specimen, you can't additionally report 83704 for the same specimen. "The edit pairs make sense for a [...]
