CPT^® 87209, Under Primary Source Smear Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 87209 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Primary Source Smear Procedures.

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Summary

The lab analyst performs and evaluates a complex special stain from a primary source specimen, such as stool, to look for parasite eggs, or ova, and parasites, which are organisms that live in or on a host organism and derive nutrients from the host.

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Ova and Parasite smear with smear complex stain

Hi, You will need to research this. Looking at the CPT book for 87177 underneath it states for complex special stain (trichrome, iron hemotoxylin) use 87209. I am unsure how this is processed. I bet t... [ Read More ]

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How do you bill CPT 87177 Ova and parasite smear X 3 CPT 87209 Smear complex stain X 3 Do you bill with units or by line with a modifier? Thank you!... [ Read More ]

Ova and Parasite smear with smear complex stain

How do you bill CPT 87177 Ova and parasite smear X 3 CPT 87209 Smear complex stain X 3 Do you bill with units or by line with a modifier? Thank you!... [ Read More ]

Lab question - muptiple CPT

No. An example is a stool culture we run here. The lab runs one test and charges us one price. Their book states the CPT codes for this lab are 87045, 87046 and 87427. So, it's not really a test cover... [ Read More ]

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