Question: Which COVID-19 tests should we report with modifier QW, because we are a lab with a certificate of waiver under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)? Maine Subscriber Answer: CMS has noted that the tests described by the following [...]
3 categories get you to the right code. We’ve kept you abreast of nearly 25 new lab procedure codes for SARS-CoV-2 testing issued since February of last year, but that rapid-fire pace may have left your head spinning. Now you [...]
Question: One of our private insurers is requiring us to append modifier CS to all line items for the prevention, identification, diagnosis, or treatment of COVID-19. So, if my provider administers a nebulizer treatment, flu test, or strep test to [...]
Meet this specific set of criteria to waive cost-sharing on eligible services. As summer trudges onward, COVID-19 is impacting states initially less affected than hot spots like New York and New Jersey. While you may have the coding fundamentals down [...]
Question: Our payer has a guideline that states: “Modifier CS must be added to each line item for COVID-19-related testing or treatment.” Does that mean that this applies to both the COVID-19 testing and the evaluation and management (E/M) code? [...]
Question: One of our private insurers is requiring us to append modifier CS to all line items for the prevention, identification, diagnosis or treatment of COVID-19. So, if my provider administers a nebulizer treatment, flu test, or strep test to [...]
Greet infectious agent antigen detection option. With myriad nucleic acid tests available to detect SARS-CoV-2 and diagnose COVID-19, the new kid on the block takes a different approach: an immunoassay to detect viral antigens that can lead to the diagnosis. [...]
Meet this specific set of criteria to waive cost-sharing on eligible services. As summer trudges onward, COVID-19 is impacting states initially less affected than hot spots like New York and New Jersey. While you may have the coding fundamentals down [...]
Meet this specific set of criteria to waive cost-sharing on eligible services. As summer gets underway, we’re beginning to see COVID-19 make an impact on states initially less affected than hot spots like New York and New Jersey. While you [...]
Distinguish high-throughput codes. Many labs have ramped up testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but if you don’t know all the codes and rules for using them, you could be losing substantial pay. The latest addition to the [...]
