Pathology/Lab Coding Alert
CPT® 2012:
Clip-And-Save: Identify New and Deleted Codes That Impact Your Lab
Published on Fri Jan 07, 2011
Use this at-a-glance tool for accurate 2012 coding. Get a preview of new and deleted CPT® 2012 codes that impact pathology and laboratory coders with this handy table. Explore other CPT® 2012 code revisions and some additions with other in-depth articles in this issue. Look to future issues of Pathology/Lab Coding Alert for more on the codes in this table. 
Other Articles in this issue of
Pathology/Lab Coding Alert
- CPT® 2012:
81200-81408: Payment Hurdles Postpone New Molecular Diagnostics Codes
Keep using 83890-83914 for most payers. Don't expect 101 new CPT® molecular diagnostics codes to [...] - Physician Fee Schedule 2012:
Steel Yourselves for 27 % Medicare Conversion Factor Cut
Plus: Physician signatures, cytology rates on the line.Welcome to another round of tense waiting to [...] - CPT® 2012:
Get All the Pay You Deserve -- Code Per Block for Special Stains
88312 unit change could earn you $107 or more.The American Medical Association (AMA) has changed [...] - CPT® 2012:
Clip-And-Save: Identify New and Deleted Codes That Impact Your Lab
Use this at-a-glance tool for accurate 2012 coding.Get a preview of new and deleted CPT® [...] - You Be the Coder:
Break Out Components for Evocative/Suppression Payment
Question: I've looked on the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for pricing for Calcitonin stimulation panel, [...] - Reader Question:
Check Out CMS Website for CLIA Details
Question: We are a CLIA waived lab. How can we find out if a specific [...] - Reader Question:
ICD-10 Prep is Different for Paper Claims
Question: If we file paper claims to Medicare, will the claims form change once we [...] - Reader Question:
Ensure Constituents for Full Urinalysis
Question: Our lab performed a macroscopic urine test, but due to color interference, we could [...] - Reader Question:
Use Modifier 22 When Extra Work Warrants
Question: Our pathologist examined a very large lipoma located primarily in the upper back, but [...]
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