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G0472 to the Rescue for Hepatitis C Screening

Published on Thu Jun 11, 2015

Don’t report additional lab test code. When your lab performs a test for Hepatitis C virus (HCV), you’re used to selecting the appropriate CPT® code for your work based on the lab method.  But a CMS decision to cover screening tests for HCV means that there’s a different code you need to know: G0472 (Hepatitis c antibody screening, for individual [...]
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