You Be the Coder:
How to Handle Donor Transplant Suitability Testing
Published on Thu Oct 17, 2013
Question: Could you please explain how we should bill for typing by serology for a bone marrow recipient and three potential donors in the family? Iowa Subscriber Answer: Many payers restrict initial testing to A, B, and DR antigens to establish bone marrow transplant donor suitability. Assuming that you’re testing the recipient and the potential donors for multiple A, B and DR [...]