Wiki Presumptive drug screen clarification

[metzger130]

we are going to start and do presumptive drug screens and I have a couple of questions. The drugs that are going to be tested are in both class A and B. So would I bill both 80301 and 80302? Also, when 80302 says "each procedure" what does that mean? Does that mean per drug in that class or does it mean something else?

I do know that we will be billing the G0479 once for Medicare and others that want the G code.

Thank you very much

Rob

 

[Walker22]

we are going to start and do presumptive drug screens and I have a couple of questions. The drugs that are going to be tested are in both class A and B. So would I bill both 80301 and 80302? Also, when 80302 says "each procedure" what does that mean? Does that mean per drug in that class or does it mean something else?

I do know that we will be billing the G0479 once for Medicare and others that want the G code.

Thank you very much

Rob

80301 will cover the entire List A. Bill 80302 once for each drug tested in list B.

 

[metzger130]

80301 will cover the entire List A. Bill 80302 once for each drug tested in list B.

When you say "each drug tested" does that mean If they test for 7 Synthetic Cannabinoids it is 7 units or is it drug class meaning only 1 unit no matter how many cannabinoids they test for?

 

[Walker22]

When you say "each drug tested" does that mean If they test for 7 Synthetic Cannabinoids it is 7 units or is it drug class meaning only 1 unit no matter how many cannabinoids they test for?

"Synthetic Cannabinoids is a single entry in list B, so you would only be able to count those as a single test, but if you also do Gabapentin (for example), then you could bill two units.