CPT^® 83655, Under Chemistry Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 83655 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Chemistry Procedures.

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The lab analyst performs a test to measure the amount of lead in the patient specimen. A typical aim of the test is to check for lead exposure.

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85018 and 83655 medical necessity

Hey Yall! I am receiving denials more frequently for Pediatric patients for Hemoglobin and Lead level testing. I have been using DX z13.88 and z13.0 that I saw in the American Pediatric coding guide 2... [ Read More ]

Profee Coding- When to code labs such as 83655 and 85018?? labs profee

I have a silly question... I'm doubting myself, I know. When are labs coded. For example, in profee coding for a well child visit, would you code 83655 and 85018 if they are done? I'm not talking abo... [ Read More ]

Pediatrics Billing/Coding

Hello, I am currently billing for a pediatrics office and the doctor bills out for codes 97802 (medical nutrition therapy), 83655 (lead testing), 36416 (collection of capillary blood specimen, using ... [ Read More ]

pediatric billing

Lead screening for well child exam

For 83655 we generally receive $10.50 from the Medicaid HMOs.... [ Read More ]

denied codes

[b]Also[/b] Our practice does lead testing for 12 months and 24 months of age, but if the child has not had them done at that age we do two test before they turn 5 years old. We use the cpt code 8365... [ Read More ]

Lead screening for well child exam

[b]lead[/b] Our practice does lead testing for 12 months and 24 months of age, but if the child has not had them done at that age we do two test before they turn 5 years old. We use the cpt code 8365... [ Read More ]

denied codes 36416 83655 92587 97802

Lead Screening/Testing

We will be performing capillary blood draws for lead testing in-house, is it appropriate to code as follows: 36416 Capillary Blood Draw AND 83655 Assay of Lead In addition, I am very confused on w... [ Read More ]

Lead screening/testing

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