Internal Medicine Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
V70.0 Counts for Well Woman Urinalysis
Published on Tue May 17, 2011 
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Minnesota Subscriber
Answer:
Yes, you can submit claims for urinalysis as part of a physical exam; include diagnosis V70.0 (Routine general medicalexamination at a health care facility). Check your payers' policies for specific guidelines regarding the tests. For example,some payers might require that you sent the sample to a specific network lab.Other Articles in this issue of
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