Wiki 87210-I have my lab

[dbundy]

Hello ~

I have my lab requesting that I add "ferning" as a separate option in our EMR lab template and to link it to 87210. I am told:

Both tests have the same CPT code but they are different tests.

The Wet smear (Wet Prep) is looking, mainly, for Trichomonas, Yeast, & Clue Cells.

The Ferning is to verify vaginal fluid is or is not amniotic fluid.[/COLOR]

Can someone tell me if 87210 is accurate for ferning or if there is a more appropriate CPT?

Thank you.

 

[Manas maity]

The fern test should never be coded 87210 because that code does not represent how the test is performed. (Fern testing is simply applying vaginal fl uid to a slide, which is left to dry, and observing whether a ferning develops when the residue is viewed under a microscope.) The test is performed by the provider, not the laboratory; as such, Q0114 is the correct code.