My company seems to have differing opinions on when and how to code for a tb test. We agree you use code 86580 but some of us think you should bill it out when the pts comes back for the reading and some think it is appropriate to bill it at the admission. Also, in researching on the internet I have seen that some say you can bill the 86580 at the admission of the test and bill a 99211 for the reading and others say the reading is included in 86580. Does anyone have a definitive answer on this?

Thanks!
Linda T.