cedwards
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How do you code a Hemoglobin fingerstick?
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HGB Fingerstick
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kbarron
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Fingerstick code
85018 is what we use.
85018 is what we use.
MJ4ever
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Hemoglobin Fingerstick
We can not code for the lab tests, so we code for the procedure code of the fingerstick, 36416.
Barb
We can not code for the lab tests, so we code for the procedure code of the fingerstick, 36416.
Barb
wvmrpaggeot
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In our office we bill 85018 for the hemoglobin and 36416 for the fingerstick. Most of my third party payors pay for both codes with the exception of Aetna. They deny the fingerstick as incidental to the hemoglobin.