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Understand These 2 LCDs Before Coding This Respiratory Pathogen Panel

Published on Thu Apr 17, 2025

Question: What is the correct way to bill for COVID, influenza A and B, and RSV testing? We got denials for billing the tests separately, stating we should use a more appropriate code, so we tried 87637. We are also verifying that the diagnosis used is based on Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) local coverage determination (LCD) guidelines; [...]
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