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Medicare Drug Screen:

G0431, G0434 Define Your Options

Published on Wed Nov 06, 2013

Steer clear of 80100’s for this payer. If you’re reporting drug screening tests for Medicare beneficiaries, forget everything you just read in “Demystify Toxicology Coding with 4 Steps” on page 92. That’s because Medicare won’t accept CPT® drug screen codes 80100, 80101, or 80104. Turn to HCPCS Level II for Medicare Instead, you’ll need to report one of the following [...]
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