AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2018 Issue 1; For Your Information

New and deleted HCPCS codes for pathogen-reduced platelets and pathogen testing for platelets

Since January 1, 2018, for Medicare reporting, pathogen reduced platelets and pathogen testing for platelets are appropriately reported with two new HCPCS codes. These new HCPCS code have replaced HCPCS codes Q9987 and Q9988. The new and deleted HCPCS codes for Medicare reporting are listed in the table below: 2017 HCPCS Code 2017 Long Descriptor 2018 HCPCS Code 2018 Long Descriptor Q9988 Platelets, pheresis, pathogen reduced; each unit P9073 Platelets pathogen reduced; each unit Q9987 Pathogen(s) test for platelets P9100* Pathogen(s) test for platelets *Please note, HCPCS Code P9100 should be reported to describe the test used for the...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to the AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS.


The AHA Coding Clinic for HCPCS includes:

  • The official publication for Level I HCPCS (CPT-4 codes) for hospital providers
  • Also specific Level II HCPCS codes for hospitals, physicians and other health professionals
  • Current newsletters added each quarter
  • Full Archives back to 2001
  • Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information page link back to related articles
  • View all the articles associated with any code, right from the code page!
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • AHA's Coding Clinic® - HCPCS +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.