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CPT® 80051, Under Organ or Disease Oriented Panels

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 80051 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Organ or Disease Oriented Panels.

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The lab analyst performs an electrolyte panel; this panel must include measurement of carbon dioxide, chloride, potassium, and sodium.

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BMP w/o Calcium and CBC w/o diff
Fairly new to all of this as the billing side is more of my forte. Our Urgent Care is expanding to do additional lab testing. They purchased a machine that can run a Basic Metabolic Panel but without ... [ Read More ]
Question About Panels
Say you did the following 5 tests Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Potassium (84132) Sodium (84295) Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) (84443) The first 4 tests make a 80051 (ele... [ Read More ]
problem with Dec, 2014 HBM test grading
[QUOTE="swimgirl, post: 341187, member: 281595"]Question #2 concerning ordering of electrolyte panel 80051 and blood glucose 82947 is not accepting the correct answer of "d". This answer comes direct... [ Read More ]
problem with Dec, 2014 HBM test grading
Question #2 concerning ordering of electrolyte panel 80051 and blood glucose 82947 is not accepting the correct answer of "d". This answer comes directly from the article on page 18 of the December, ... [ Read More ]
Brand New Family Practice Coder
[b]Medicare Fee Schedule...[/b] 36415 This code may be used for routine venipuncture process. Some payers cover a separate blood collection fee, and some don't, so you'll need to check with individu... [ Read More ]
Confusion over labs included in 80050
this is an example from UHC and what they will bundle as a Electrolyte Panel (80051) Electrolyte Panel, 80051 A submission that includes 2 or more of the following laboratory component codes by the... [ Read More ]
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June 17th, 2013 Chapter Meeting Minutes The meeting began at 6pm at the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota building in Fargo, ND. Elisha Karsky, CPC introduced our speaker, Kathy Milbrandt. Kris... [ Read More ]
need some help with ER case
I got feed back from billing saying the doppler (highlighted below) can not be entered because the date of servc is not during the er visit.... please tell me what else is wrong with this? ER VISIT 05... [ Read More ]
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