Dermatology Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
Report Collagen Skin Tests With Q3031
Published on Thu Jul 08, 2010 
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South Carolina Subscriber
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There is a Level II HCPCS code for the procedure (Q3031, Collagen skin test). No relative value units have been assigned by the Resource Based Relative Value Scale payment system. You may need to check with your payers to determine if these services are payable. And if not, the patient will have to pay the bill.-- Technical and coding advice for You Be the Coder and Reader Questions provided by Pamela Biffle, CPC, CPC-I, CCS-P, CHCC, CHCO, owner of PB Healthcare Consulting and Education Inc. in Watauga, Texas.
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