Compliance Question of the Week – Laboratory

If both low-risk and high-risk HPV types are performed in a single assay, how would we code?

What is the procedure code when a specific antigen test is ordered as a diagnostic test based on a sign or symptom?

Why is it important to distinguish between codes 81025 and 84703 when coding pregnancy tests?

What physician requirements are necessary to report code 88172?

Can codes 88311-88314 be billed individually?

What guidance does the preamble to the microbiology subsection of CPT® provide regarding presumptive and definitive identification, and what procedures can laboratories continue to report separately in 2025?

When do we report 88360 as opposed to 88361?

What is needed if an ESRD patient is tested more than once a week?

How should I report the first and additional single-probe stain procedures when distinguishing between manual and computer-assisted methods?

What are the intended use of codes 88355–88358?

When do we report +88155 vs 88150 or 88152?

Which code should be reported for the quantitative analysis of a non-specified mononuclear cell antigen via flow cytometry when the cell count is not defined by another code?