Oncology & Hematology Coding Alert

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Turn to 38204 for Donor Search and Planning

  Question: Our provider is planning a transplant and looking for suitable donor of hematopoietic progenitor cells. Can we report for these services? New York Subscriber Answer: For the planning and management of hematopoetic progenitor donor search and cell acquisition, you should report code 38204 (Management of recipient hematopoietic progenitor cell donor search and cell acquisition). This code is inclusive of [...]
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