AMA CPT® Assistant - 2009 Issue 3 (March)

Pathology and Laboratory/Microbiology (March 2009)

March 2009 page 10c Pathology and Laboratory: Microbiology, 36513 (Q&A) Question: During an orthopedic procedure, the patient's blood was drawn and then centrifuged to separate the platelet-rich plasma from the platelet-poor plasma. The red cells were injected into the operative site. Is it appropriate to report code 36513, Therapeutic apheresis; for platelets, for the procedure performed to obtain the platelets? Answer: No. To obtain the cells for injection, code 86999, Unlisted transfusion medicine procedure, should be reported when for example, intraoperatively, 60 ccscc's of blood are drawn from the patient, centrifuged for 15 minutes to separate the platelet-rich...

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