CPT^® 80055, Under Organ or Disease Oriented Panels

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 80055 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Organ or Disease Oriented Panels.

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The lab analyst performs an obstetric panel; this panel must include tests for a complete blood count with differential, a hepatitis B surface antigen, a rubella antibody, a qualitative non treponemal syphilis test, a red blood cell antibody screen, ABO blood typing, and Rh typing.

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[SIZE="2"]80055 ? OBSTETRICS PANEL[/SIZE] [SIZE="1"]CPT? 80055: OBSTETRIC PANEL THIS PANEL MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: BLOOD COUNT, COMPLETE (CBC), AUTOMATED AND AUTOMATED DIFFERENTIAL WBC COUNT (850... [ Read More ]

How to get paid on 99000?

In this case, the blood draw was for standard sugar/protein checks for a pregnancy visit. The lab bills for their basic OB panel (e.g. 80055) and we bill for venipuncture 36415 and we bill for the tra... [ Read More ]

Brand New Family Practice Coder

[b]Medicare Fee Schedule...[/b] 36415 This code may be used for routine venipuncture process. Some payers cover a separate blood collection fee, and some don't, so you'll need to check with individu... [ Read More ]

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Billing Medicare for 80055

I have been referred an issue from our lab billing person. The billing office is telling her that for a Medicare care she should remove the OB Panel charge (80055) and then bill the components indivi... [ Read More ]

GTT testing

forgot to mention that your diagnosis code is going to depend on whether there is a complication of pregnancy or not and how your provider documents. so you are either going to chose one of the Vcode ... [ Read More ]

Panel CODES

HI all, Panel codes: MY UNDERSTANDING: 1. TWO PANEL codes cannot be billed together on the same day. 2. If so only the individual components code of the other comprehensive panel(82435) code can be... [ Read More ]

Unbundling OB Panel

80055 - OB Panel, can this be billed to Medicare unbundled?... [ Read More ]

Unbundling an OB panel

80055 - OB panel, can this panel be unbundled when billed to Medicare?... [ Read More ]

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