jennlp123
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I work in an Oncology office. We work as an infusion center for a few doctors we have been giving things like actemra and reclast. Our doctor orders a cbc on these patients prior to giving their infusion. I was thinking that you would be able to use the V72.63 which is blood test prior to tx or procedure but medicare is denying it because it is not a covered diagnosis. I have spoken with the doctor and he says that he needs this test to monitor toxicity. I researched prior claims before and it looks as if they were being given the 285.9 anemia code. I am not comfortable doing this because it doesn't state that the patient has anemia in the progress note. Any suggestions on how to code this correctly?