when billing a 80305 urine drug screen at the time of ob visit what is the dx you typically use? If a patient who had a positive drug screen at initial visit but all the rest have been negative what dx should be assigned, the office is wanting to assign the r82.5.
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Tag Archives: Screens
Adding Screens to surveillance exams?
Several patients have contacted our office after being told by their insurance that we should be adding a screening code of Z12.11 for full payment of a SURVEILLANCE exam for personal hx of polyps (Z86.010). This is clearly not a screening. We have been informed that a very large practice has been billing with the screening code in the primary position resulting in full payment and no transfers to patients’ deductibles/co-insurances. We have always believed that we only code for the indication, as screens are only performed every 10 years and surveillance exams are more often based on doctor recommendation. Does anyone else charge for both screening(Z12.11) and hx of polyps(Z86.010) together? Any help would be appreciated.
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Work Comp Drug Screens
We are having problems getting drug screens paid for by work comp insurances, especially the rapid drug screen we do in house. The code that they want us to use is a deleted code and we can not get them paid or additional info from the adjusters. We’ve been told several different codes to use and all are deleted codes. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so how did you get the claims paid.