CPT^® 86334, Under Qualitative or Semiquantitative Immunoassays

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 86334 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Qualitative or Semiquantitative Immunoassays.

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The lab analyst performs immunofixation electrophoresis, typically on the patient’s serum, to diagnose and or monitor monoclonal gammopathies or myeloma, a bone marrow tumor.

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Electrophoresis

Hi [USER=327373]Malevolus[/USER] I will try to help with what I can. There is quite a bit of information and questions. Please reach out if I may have missed something alright. Okay, first you don't h... [ Read More ]

Laboratory Place of Service

[QUOTE="msmythe, post: 472781, member: 382072"] There is the hospital lab that bills clinical charges and a pathology lab group that bills the professional charges. The pathology lab association to th... [ Read More ]

Laboratory Place of Service

I previously worked for an independent lab, was laid off, and have recently been thrown into the world of hospital laboratory billing. Which I am learning is much different from an independent lab. ... [ Read More ]

84165 & 86334

Does anybody know how often 84165 and 86334 can be billed? How many days between testing?... [ Read More ]

Infusion + shots

[b]Infusion + Mue +Modifier[/b] [QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 445430, member: 5404"]96372 bundles to 96365 under NCCI rules (my guess is that's probably to prevent billing of an injection of lidocaine gi... [ Read More ]

Infusion + shots

[b]Infusion + Mue +Modifier[/b] Good Afternoon, Previously we have received denials from medicare denying Codes J9047 due to # of services not supported. Claim were billed as listed below: 96375 PO... [ Read More ]

CPTs 83912, 86334 and 86335

I am a radiology coder with no experience in pathology coding. I have a question about pathology codes 83912, 86334 and 86335. Can they be billed together on the same DOS?? Is there a code that sho... [ Read More ]

Waiting for results

[QUOTE="jejaski, post: 86334, member: 92625"]You guys have me worried to death. My test is on 12/19. I'm studying like crazy....taking the practice exams, but not doing too well on those either. I... [ Read More ]

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