Pulmonology Coding Alert
Allergy Testing--95024 vs 95027
Question: What is the difference between 95024 and 95027 for skin testing?
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Answer: The key is whether the tests are sequential.
Pulmonologists administer intracutaneous tests (95024, Intracutaneous [intradermal] tests with allergenic extracts, immediate type reaction, specify number of tests) using allergenic extracts. Report 95024 according to the number of tests the physician performed.
CPT 2003 revised 95027 (Intracutaneous [intradermal] tests, sequential and incremental, with allergenic extracts for airborne allergens, immediate type reaction, specify number of tests) to describe airborne allergen tests that use various diluting strengths. This test method analyzes the highest dilution of a substance that produces a reaction with a given concentration of another substance.
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