Internal Medicine Coding Alert
Reader Question:
Code 86580 for TB Skin Test
Published on Sun Jan 16, 2011 
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Question:
Iowa Subscriber
Answer:
No, you should not bill an administration fee or injection fee for a PPD (tuberculosis) skin test.Explanation:
Your staff is not administering a vaccine or a subcutaneous or intramuscular injection, so codes such as 96372 (Therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic injection [specify substance or drug]; subcutaneous or intramuscular) do not apply.Instead:
You'll only report 86580 (Skin test; tuberculosis, intradermal) for giving a PPD test.Other Articles in this issue of
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