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CPT® 80061, Under Organ or Disease Oriented Panels

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 80061 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 a lipid panel test in which he measures the blood level of cholesterol and fats called triglycerides in the blood.

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How do you bill for drug screens sent to outstide lab?
Hi Copper:) We do many drugs screens for patient with sub abuse dx F10-F19 or PTSD F43 or Depression F32 or Mood DO F06 problems. However the provider must put down reason give blood or urine test o... [ Read More ]
Billing A Physical & Labs
I have some insight on this from my coding rejections and working denials in the laboratory field. Patient contacts their provider for their upcoming "physical" and wants their "annual" labs done. Pro... [ Read More ]
How to bill source patient labs to workers compensation insurance?
Hi I' d get doc to order a blood test of CBC 80061 or 80053 or whatever which can give if infection in the body. But have doc do a record on the employee , check vitals explain the nature of complian... [ Read More ]
Professional/Technical component - Lab codes
I need help with laboratory codes getting denied as "payment based on professional/technical component." , Examples being - 87653, 80061, 83036, 82947 How do I resolve such denials?... [ Read More ]
Billing to Medicare for physician fee schedule
Example would be: 1) Pt had lab services done for UA reflex w/ culture, and non-gyn cytology, we billed to Medicare with Dx code N390 and CPT code used 88173 used with modifier 90. (CPT is under phys... [ Read More ]
In House Lipid Profile 80061
Billing with modifier, finding an payers reimbursing?... [ Read More ]
Well child denial?
[QUOTE="pedihc, post: 489353, member: 41507"] We received a denial from Anthem regarding a well child visit. Stating that the procedure code was not listed on their fee schedule? Of course they did no... [ Read More ]
Well child denial?
We received a denial from Anthem regarding a well child visit. Stating that the procedure code was not listed on their fee schedule? Of course they did not let us know which procedure code it was and ... [ Read More ]
Physician orders for laboratory tests
So let's just talk about what an order is... whether electronic or paper.. per CLIA your laboratory needs to be able to provided documentation (i.e. a printed e-req, or paper req) that supports the te... [ Read More ]
Billing with multiple diagnosis codes and one of those codes results in the entire claim being denied
[QUOTE="7016CJ, post: 460432, member: 569888"] The code is Z13.6, encounter for screening for cardiovascular disorders (not Z31.6). Z13.6 is linked to a Lipid Panel cpt 80061. Could the ZCode in th... [ Read More ]
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