Question: Our lab performs high-risk HPV testing for cervical specimens, but I’m not sure which procedure code best describes the test. Please explain the difference between the HPV test code choices to help me select the most appropriate way to report [...]
Question: Our lab performed an HPV test for a 40-year-old patient who has not had a gynecological screening in five years. The results were high-risk HPV positive. How should we code this? Florida Subscriber Answer: Assuming the HPV test is [...]
CPT® 2019 codes top restriction list. The massive Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) version 25.0 update boasts almost 46,000 new edit pairs, and nearly 8,300 of those come from the 80000-level CPT® codes alone. That means you have a lot to learn [...]
Watch CMS for final pricing decisions. Here’s the scoop on new 2017 clinical laboratory test codes coming down the pike — based on our rundown of information presented at the CMS Annual Clinical Laboratory Public Meeting held July 18, 2016. [...]
Question: In addition to a Pap smear, our lab performed an HPV test for high risk types 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, and 68. The HPV test was positive, but the Pap smear [...]
Question: If we perform a screening Pap smear and high risk HPV test for a Medicare beneficiary, how should we bill? Codify Subscriber Answer: You should bill the screening Pap plus high risk HPV screening to Medicare using G0476 (Infectious agent detection [...]
