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CPT 2010:

Get Your Lab Up to Speed for 2010 With This New Code Rundown

Published on Mon Oct 12, 2009

Stop using general codes for analyte-specific tests. You have 15 new codes scattered throughout the pathology/laboratory CPT chapter, so how will you find what you need to know? Let us help you jump-start your 2010 claims with this how-to inventory. "From chemistry to surgical pathology, you'll find new codes in CPT 2010 that you need to know," says Peggy Slagle, CPC, billing compliance coordinator at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Read through our section-by-section account to discover which tests have new codes that you need to know. Can't Miss Chemistry Changes CPT 2010 has three new chemistry codes: • 83987 -- pH; exhaled breath condensate • 84145 -- Procalcitonin (PCT) • 84431 -- Thromboxane metabolite(s), including thromboxane if performed, urine. In addition to the new pH code (83987), CPT 2010 revises pH code 83986 to change "except blood" to "not otherwise specified" (83986, pH; body fluid, not otherwise specified). "The [...]
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