Pathology/Lab Coding Alert
NCD Lists Covered Diagnosis Codes
Pathology/Lab Coding Alert
- Think NCCI 9.2 Wont Impact Your Lab?
Medicare Adds Hematology and Consultation Edits
If you report hematology [...] - Know How to Override NCCI 9.2 Consultation Bundles
If your pathologist performs a consultation on referred material (88321-88325) with a separate cytopathology or [...] - 2 Ways Medicare Fee Schedule Adjustment Can Save You Money
Good news for pathologists: You wont have to cough up overpayments arising from the delayed [...] - Want Payment for Diagnostic PSA? Code Symptoms, Not BPH
Medicare has demoted benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). Although it was once considered an indication for [...] - Screening PSA Is Another Story:
You Dont Get Paid Under Diagnostic PSA Rules
Forget everything you just learned about diagnostic PSA coding. If you want to report a [...] - You Be The Coder:
Test Includes Molecular Diagnostics
Question: A physician ordered an HCV RNA PCR test and HCV RNA quantification. In addition [...] - NCD Lists Covered Diagnosis Codes
You can use diagnosis codes for any of the following clinical situations to report a [...] - Reader Question:
Details Dictate Prothrombin Time Payment
Question: A 59-year-old patient is on Coumadin for his cardiac arrhythmia. He came in for [...] - Reader Question:
Report Immunohistochemistry Per Specimen, Per Stain
Question: If the pathologist receives two separately identified sentinel lymph nodes and we perform immunohistochemical [...]
