Question: Our practice performs and bills for simple tests in our CLIA-waived lab. For more complex tests, the patient comes to the practice, we collect the specimen and send it to an outside lab. In both cases, storing and handling specimens takes extra time and expense. Can we bill 99000 (Handling and/or conveyance of specimen for transfer from the office to a laboratory)?
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