I am not familiar with Texas Workers compensation fee schedule. I have done some research and found out that the mirror Trailblazer Medicare.
In Trailblazers bulletin it states.....
The following codes should not be reported for the initial screen/preliminary result when performed by EIA:
G0431 – Drug screen, qualitative; multiple drug classes by high complexity test method.
CPT “Chemistry” section, codes 82000–84999.
CPT “Drug Testing” section, codes 80100–80104.
CPT “Therapeutic Drug Assays” section, codes 80150–80299.
This is saying you can not bill using a high complexity machine. Does this guideline also carry over to workers comp?
In Trailblazers bulletin it states.....
The following codes should not be reported for the initial screen/preliminary result when performed by EIA:
G0431 – Drug screen, qualitative; multiple drug classes by high complexity test method.
CPT “Chemistry” section, codes 82000–84999.
CPT “Drug Testing” section, codes 80100–80104.
CPT “Therapeutic Drug Assays” section, codes 80150–80299.
This is saying you can not bill using a high complexity machine. Does this guideline also carry over to workers comp?