3 Steps Launch Perfect In-Vivo Coding
Published on Fri May 22, 2009
Transcutaneous tests bridge lab/ER. The newest CPT lab category introduces three codes that you can expect to see most often in emergency room use. Make sure you avoid code-confusion and costcenter pitfalls to earn the pay you deserve for these tests. By introducing the new category In Vivo (e.g., Transcutaneous) Laboratory Procedures in 2009, CPT opens the way for three tests now -- and more in the future. 1. Meet the Family Although the three new CPT 2009 codes all describe transcutaneous procedures,the new category is broader than that. By describing the category as in vivo, CPT allows for any type of assay that doesnt require a specimen source -- transcutaneous is just one such method, explains Charles B. Root, PhD, president of CodeMap, a laboratory coding and reimbursement consulting company in Barrington, Ill. Make sure youre familiar with these three new in vivo codes: " 88720 -- Bilirubin, total, transcutaneous " 88740 -- [...]
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