Wiki COVID -19 TESTING CPT CODE FOR PREOP TESTING

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How should an encounter for screening for COVID-19 be coded, such as a patient being tested for COVID-19 as part of a preoperative testing? Z11.59?

 

[thomas7331]

Per the most recent AHA guidance:

For an encounter for CIVID-19 testing being performed as part of preoperative testing, assign code Z01.812, Encounter for preprocedural laboratory examination, as the first-listed diagnosis and assign code Z20.828 as an additional diagnosis.

For additional guidance, see: https://www.aha.org/system/files/me...tly-Asked-Questions-Regarding-COVID-19_v3.pdf