CPT^® 87077, Under Microbiology Culture and Typing Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 87077 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Microbiology Culture and Typing Procedures.

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The lab analyst performs additional tests on a presumptively identified aerobic isolate to definitively, which means more specifically, identify the organism, such as to the level of species.

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Charging for Microbiology

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Charging for Microbiology

Hello, I am doing some research of the following questions and was wondering if someone can help assist me. Microbiology Charging 1. We perform MRSA and MRSA/MSSA cultures that utilize a special... [ Read More ]

87086 and 87088

I am wondering if you found an answer to this? I am struggling with 87077 and 87088.... [ Read More ]

Question regarding negative result Microbiology Culture negative urine culture rectal swab

I just started billing for microbiology cultures for the practice. Currently we are billing positive cultures as follows: Urine - 87077, 87186, and 87187 (if additional sensitivities are done) Rectal... [ Read More ]

CCI Issue

When the following codes are billed with 87088 NCCI edits will deny the following codes. 87070 87071 87073 87075 87084 88387 88388 Modifier 59 would be appropriate modifier if two separate cultures a... [ Read More ]

Basic Question - Hospital Outpatient Lab Coding

Hello I have started working for a hospital OP lab. They code 80048 80053 82728 83036 84439 84443 86038 86140 86706 86707 87004 87077 87088 87350 But they don't code 80061 81001 82043 82570 85025... [ Read More ]

Basic Question - Hospital Outpatient Lab Coding

59 vs 91

When a single culture grows multiple organisms and there are multile charges for CPT 87077 (bacterial identification) and 87186 (sensitivity), what modifier should be used ? 59 or 91 ?... [ Read More ]

87077

When billing Medicare for more than one 87077 instead of using units we separate them out and add modifier 91 to each additional test done. So for 87077 x3 we bill it out as 87077 for the first one, 8... [ Read More ]

POS for Code 87077

Our MD does a hpylori test CPT code 87077-TC at the patients bed side in the ASC, what would the place of service be, 11 or 24?... [ Read More ]

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