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Review the AMA’s updated definition of what constitutes a unique test. Many coders are asking the question, “What is a unique test?” As always, we must first turn to the guidelines to see how “test” is defined. In the original published guidelines, the American Medical Association (AMA) stated: “Tests are imaging, laboratory, psychometric, or physiologic […]
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I’m not able to find standards for coding if a drug is used for multiple patients in batch processing under the hood.
For instance: Drug X comes in a 500mg single dose vial. HCPCS description says 100mg/unit or 5 units per SDV. Say you batch process two IV’s under the hood with a single entry into an SDV. Common practice in high volume hospital pharmacy IV rooms.
But say the POS is an office setting: Pt. #1 gets 150mg, Pt. #2 gets 250mg. Waste is 100mg. (150+250+100=500mg or 5 units) I can see Pt. #2 could be billed for 4 units.
But does Pt. #1 get billed for 2 units, 1 unit, or 1.5 units? Then does Pt. #2 get billed for 4 units or 3.5 units? If you round the 150mg to 2 units and the 250mg+100mg waste to 4 units, you just billed 6 units for a vial that only contains 5 units.
The 837p SV104 segment allows decimal places. 837P version 5010:Field allows a decimal point in SV104.The field length of eight digits does not include the decimal point. If a decimal is used, the maximum number of digits allowed to the right of the decimal is three. Source:https://www.optum360coding.com/uploa…E%20Sample.pdf
The 58558 includes the Hysteroscope, but what if you had an accessory for the Hysteroscope that is used during the procedure to obtain samples of tissue from the fallopian tubes? Can you bill a miscellaneous code for the accessory, i.e. A4649? The 58558 does not capture sampling of tissue from the fallopian tubes.
The Hysteroscope is not new technology, but the accessory is, so would it be better to look at applying for a category III code?
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide –
Kris
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These “unique” codes allow more specific diagnosis reporting and statistics. The Defense Health Agency (DHA), which supports the delivery of health services to Military Health System beneficiaries, occasionally requests the National Center for Health Statistics to create new codes. Sometimes when the codes are needed for data collection unique to the Department of Defense (DoD), […]
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