Primary Care Coding Alert

Now you can keep track of the more than 30 tests that you can report with 85610, 86318 and 87804.
 
When coding lab tests for prothrombin time, Helicobacter pylori, and influenza, you can stop asking what -- what CPT code, what ICD-9 codes, what tests. One chart keeps track of the covered diagnoses, decision types and manufacturers of in-office CLIA-waived lab tests for this lab test trio, whose purposes include:
 
- 85610-QW: Aid in screening for congenital deficiencies of Factors II, V, VII, X, screen for deficiency of prothrombin; evaluation heparin effect, coumadin or warfarin effect; screen for vitamin K deficiency.
 
- 86318-QW: Immunoassay for rapid, qualitative detection of IgG antibodies specific to Helicobacter pylori in whole blood 87804-QW (describes three flu tests):
 
A -- Qualitative detection of influenza type A antigen in nasal wash and nasopharyngeal swab specimens  
 
B -- Qualitative detection of influenza type B antigen in nasal wash and nasopharyngeal swab specimens
 
A&B -- Qualitative detection of influenza type A and type B antigens from nasal swab, nasal wash or nasal aspirate specimens that does not differentiate between influenza types A and B.