According to the NCCI Policy Manual, which respiratory testing procedures are bundled into practitioner ventilation management and critical care services?
How is ventilation management reimbursed when provided during an observation stay under OPPS guidelines?
How would you code when a radiologist is asked to create a new access, or enlarge an existing access, for a urologist to perform subsequent endourologic procedures?
Do colony count restrictions on coverage apply when reporting code 87088?
When would you report 88184 and 88185 vs 88187-88189?
Under what circumstances is code 31500 reportable when a patient is first placed on mechanical ventilation?
What APC do unattended study codes belong to, and what is the payment rate for 2025?
Can you explain the process behind flow cytometry so we can get a better understanding on how to code for it?
 What does code 38221 encompass?
What code doe we report for pulmonary stress testing to evaluate dyspnea?
When we report more than one sensitivity procedure for a single isolate, can we report this using a modifier?
What code can we report with 36600 for the instrumentation used for blood gas analysis? May we bill separately for pulse oximetry procedures when performed to determine oxygen saturation levels?
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