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Wiki Urinary Drug Testing Inconsistencies Coding

Does inconsistent lab results warrant an upcoding in the definitive CPT code? Ex: if we tested 7 drug classes (G0480) and the patient tested positive on 5 of those classes in which we performed additional testing to test the quantity, does that warrant a G0481 due to the additional testing?
- charleahayes
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- Jun 1, 2018
- drug test drug testing laboratory
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Pathology & Clinical Laboratory
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Wiki Routine Urine Drug Screans

I work for an orthopaedic surgeons office. My doctor performs routine urine drug scans on all new patients, pre ops, and whenever you receive a narcotic refill. I am having trouble with a billable ICD 10 code to justify reasoning for this. I was using Z02.83 which was chronic pain. Now we are...
- ejlavergne
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- Mar 8, 2016
- drug test routine drug scans. urine drug screen
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Orthopaedics

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