CPT^® 81000, Under Urinalysis Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 81000 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Urinalysis Procedures.

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The lab analyst inserts a dip stick into a freshly collected urine specimen, removes the dip stick, and shakes off the excess urine. Alternatively, the analyst may place drops of the urine specimen on a reagent tablet. Then after the proper time interval, the lab analyst manually reads the results for one or more ordered analytes using a color chart usually located on the outside of the container. The lab analyst will also perform a microscopic analysis, typically on a centrifuged specimen. The lab analyst views the sedimented specimen under the microscope using both low and high power and reports the results.

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Urinalysis - complete With Microscopic Examination

Hello!! Any lab people out there? I am in need of some help. We are primary care with an "in house lab". We do many urinalysis I our lab and many need (blood in urine, leukocyte etc.) further exami... [ Read More ]

Billing Office Visit + other and then only getting reimbursed the smaller amount

I'm trying to bill a 99213 along with an 81000. I'm getting messages from the carrier that they're paying for the 81000 and bundling the 99213 under it (so I'm being reimbursed less than $10 for a ser... [ Read More ]

CPT 81003 inclusvie denieal from Aetna.

Does any Urology coders get the UA 81000, 81002, 81003 pd with an OV for a BCBS pt. If so how are you billing the claim? Thank you... [ Read More ]

U/A cpt code

I need to know if anyone know the correct way to bill a U/A dipstick done in office to Medicare....They don't seem to like the 81000... [ Read More ]

81000 help

[b]81000[/b] in my 10+ in urology we always dip it and run it through the clinitek. we use code 81003 with a QW. I usually use the dx as frequency, hesitancy, etc... [ Read More ]

81000 help

The doctors let their CLIA certification lapse so we have been holding off billing urine dips until that gets straightened out. :eek: QW came to mind since the last coder noted that the dips need a Q... [ Read More ]

81000 help

I didn't know you needed a QW for 81000. I know 81003 needs a QW. Have you been successful with MDCR using the QW with 81000 in the last few months? Thanks for your help.... [ Read More ]

81000 help

How do we get Medicare to pay a urinalysis for a presumed UTI? They are denying 81000 on claims. Is there a Gcode or HCPCS code I should use? I am in KY. My provider has a CLIA. Thanks for your help... [ Read More ]

Moda/ods

Its been more than a decade since I worked for ODS but looking at their payment policies I found For 81003 [url]https://www.modahealth.com/pdfs/reimburse/RPM016.pdf[/url] Specimen validity testing ... [ Read More ]

NCCI Edit G0479/G0480 and 81000-81003

If the urine dipstick is for something other than urine drug testing it would be modifier 59 to show unrelated. 91 is for repeat lab test that is only used if its the same CPT/HCPCS code being repeate... [ Read More ]

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