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There’s a Catch to Multiple STI Organism Coverage

Published on Thu Oct 12, 2023

Look for payers ‘bundling’ payment. If you’ve wondered why you’re getting denials, or at least “underpayment” when you report multiple sexually transmitted infection (STI) infectious agent nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) codes, we may have the answer. “Multiple payers are incorrectly bundling certain individual infectious agent codes to pay for the service at the lower rate of 87801 [Infectious agent [...]
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