AMA CPT® Assistant - 2001 Issue 2 (February)

Pathology and Laboratory (February 2001)

February 2001 page 10a Coding Consultation Pathology and Laboratory, 82951, 82952 (Q&A) Question If my physician performs the glucose tolerance test obtaining four blood specimens, how should the testing procedure be reported? AMA Comment If four blood specimens are tested in this fashion, then code 82951, Glucose; tolerance test (GTT), three specimens (includes glucose) identifies provision of the testing procedure for three specimens, should be used to identify the initial three specimens, and code 82952, Glucose; tolerance test, each additional beyond three specimens, should be reported once to identify the additional specimen tested. Code 82952 is an add-on...

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