CPT^® 82374, Under Chemistry Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 82374 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Chemistry Procedures.

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The lab analyst measures the carbon dioxide, primarily in serum. Most of the carbon dioxide in blood exists as bicarbonate with much of the balance as carbonic acid.

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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 ]

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 ]

Labs - currently paying for CPT code

[b]Labs[/b] Found this online in regards to what tests are included in certain panels. You mentioned "currently paying for CPT code 80076 and 80050" I can see that this would be correct because neit... [ Read More ]

80047?

The instrument we perform chemistry tests on is a blood gas/ chemistry analyzer. When the physician orders a BMP the instrument calcutlates the CO2 (82374) based on the pCO2 and the PH (82803). Becaus... [ Read More ]

lab billing question?

80048 and bundling

UHC seems to bundling a lot of our lab charges under 80048-bmp My understanding of these lab panels is that you have to draw each of those in that panel to charge for it. Is this correct or did I mi... [ Read More ]

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