ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
READER QUESTIONS:
'Stick' in Notes Often IDs Venipuncture
Published on Mon May 25, 2009
Question: Encounter notes indicate that our nonphysician practitioner (NPP) performed a -femoral stick for lab analysis.- What code represents this service?
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Answer: When the NPP performs a femoral stick to obtain blood for analysis, it is considered a venipuncture procedure. On the claim, report 36415 (Collection of venous blood by venipuncture) for the venipuncture.
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