Pathology/Lab Coding Alert
82731: Analyte Leads Code Choice
Question: Utah Subscriber Answer: Physicians may order the test to help assess the likelihood of pre-term labor, not necessarily premature rupture of membranes (PROM). Make sure you're not confusing the test with 84112 (Placental alpha microglobulin-1 (PAMG-1), cervicovaginal secretion, qualitative), which is a new code in CPT® 2012 for a test that's commonly ordered to diagnose PROM. Bottom line:
Pathology/Lab Coding Alert
- CCI Policy Manual:
G0416-G0419: Mark 5 Prostate Biopsies as the Magic Cutoff For 88305
Method, not number, should lead code choice. Quarterly updates aren't the only way that Medicare's [...] - ICD-10 Sidebar:
600 to N40: Expect Fewer Enlarged Prostate Code Choices
Cyst moves to different family. When you start getting test orders under ICD-10 with enlarged [...] - Place of Service:
81 is Out: Claim POS Based on Patient Location
Expect "facility" payment to impact your bottom line.With a last-minute CMS announcement to delay implementing [...] - Legislation Update:
Prepare for Sunset of TC 'Grandfather' Arrangements
Accept short-term MPFS pay rescue.The "Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012" [...] - You Be the Coder:
Distinguish 'Specimen' Vs. 'Site' for Touch Preps
Question: If our pathologist performs intra-operative touch preps on two separate breast biopsies, one from [...] - Reader Question:
Check Payer Rules for IHC
Question: Our lab processed a lymph node biopsy for a patient with melanoma. We stained [...] - Reader Question:
Use Lab Protocol to Establish Urine Culture Order
Question: We know that Medicare is reviewing urine reflex cultures, and we're wondering if we [...] - Reader Question:
Follow Method to Choose HPV Code
Question: Our lab started receiving specimens from an otolaryngologist client for HPV testing. We currently [...] - Reader Question:
88321: Don't Double Dip for IHC
Question: When our pathologist consults on a case that includes immunostain slides, which the pathologist [...] - Reader Question:
82731: Analyte Leads Code Choice
Question: Our lab has started performing a fetal fibronectin test that an OB orders to [...]
