Laboratory Question for the Week of January 8, 2018
Why does CMS exclude molecular pathology lab tests from packaging under the OPPS?
Why does CMS exclude molecular pathology lab tests from packaging under the OPPS?
Per the CPT® description, code 36223 includes angiography of the extracranial carotid circulation. Does this mean that you would not code 36222 and 36223 together for the same side if both the cervical and cerebral arteries were imaged? Is CPT 36222 included in CPT 36223?
What is the key distinction between a standard CT and a CTA?
How should hospitals report (to Medicare) commercially available products that are mixed together to be administered simultaneously?
Can you explain the Medicare policy related to the term “mutually exclusive”?
Under the OPPS, what’s included in payment for drugs and biologicals?
Does the physician have to be in the room for the hospital to bill a barium swallow (74230)?
Can we separately report endoscopic procedures that are performed on two regions of the respiratory system with different types of endoscopes?
Is modifier -59 (distinct procedural service) or modifier -XU (unusual non-overlapping service) better to use for a diagnostic cardiac catheterization that led to a decision to place a coronary stent at the same session?
What is the Medicare policy for packaging of laboratory tests?
How should modifier 91 be reported under the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) program?
During a recent transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR), we used three prostheses. Can we assign code 33418 plus 33419 x 2?
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