Wiki Alcohol Metabolites, with Confirmation

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We are a Independent Laboratory. After doing some research on the Alcohol Metabolites, with Confirmation I believe that we should be billing CPT code 83789 for the Ethyl Glucuronide (ETG) and Ethyl Sulfate (ETS) (LC/MS). Currently we are billing CPT code 82055 for both Alcohol Ethanol , ETG and ETS. Procedure code 82055 only apply to Ethyl Alcohol not Glucuronide (ETG) and Ethyl Sulfate (ETS). Would this be correct?
 
83789 is an unspecified code based on methodology if no other appropriate code is available. This unspecified code should be used if the quantitative method being performed by MS/MS,
Is that how the EtG/EtS is being performed at your location?

if it is being performed by LC/MS then the appropriate code would be 82055 which is for any method oral or urine, expect breath.
 
The 82055 would be the appropriate code for EtG/EtS. You only want to use unspecified codes if there are no other codes available.
 
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