valerieeanderson
Networker
Hi everybody,
I have just started a new specialty in my coding career and am unsure of when to bill certain lab codes.
My physician has ordered a CBC w/ diff w/ platelet count the note does not indicate this was in-house. I can not locate the actual lab report only what the physician has documented in the encounter, so I am assuming as the family practice we would have sent this out to a lab and NOT performed it ourselves? Can someone give me their opinion based on the information given?
Also any good references to gain a better understanding of family practice coding?
Thanks so much!
I have just started a new specialty in my coding career and am unsure of when to bill certain lab codes.
My physician has ordered a CBC w/ diff w/ platelet count the note does not indicate this was in-house. I can not locate the actual lab report only what the physician has documented in the encounter, so I am assuming as the family practice we would have sent this out to a lab and NOT performed it ourselves? Can someone give me their opinion based on the information given?
Also any good references to gain a better understanding of family practice coding?
Thanks so much!