CPT^® 86901, Under Transfusion Medicine Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 86901 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Transfusion Medicine Procedures.

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The lab analyst performs a test to determine the patient’s blood type within the Rh blood group system using serum plasma as the specimen.

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Bundling Denial

I have three codes on the claim 86850, 86900 and 86901. The only code that paid was 86900. Not sure what is going on? Thanks for the help!... [ Read More ]

Blood Transfusion Help!

Hello Everyone, I work for an Oncology Institute with Multiple providers and recently we have started doing blood transfusions. We collect the blood at our clinics and then send them to an outside la... [ Read More ]

consolidation question

[SIZE="2"]80055 ? OBSTETRICS PANEL[/SIZE] [SIZE="1"]CPT? 80055: OBSTETRIC PANEL THIS PANEL MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: BLOOD COUNT, COMPLETE (CBC), AUTOMATED AND AUTOMATED DIFFERENTIAL WBC COUNT (850... [ Read More ]

CEMC exam

[QUOTE="vpat28, post: 86901, member: 2665"]Did anybody has taken CPMA beta exam?[/QUOTE] I took it the 12th. Not having a good feeling about my results...... [ Read More ]

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