tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 13

Hematology: New Edits Clarify: Don't Bill Consultation on Slides

Billing for hematology just became a puzzle again, thanks to a raft of new National Correct Coding Initiative edits.  You can no longer bill 85008 (Blood count; blood smear, microscopic examination without manual differential WBC count) with five codes, three of which are new additions. That code is now a component of new code 85004 (Blood count; automated differential WBC count), 85025 (... complete, automated and automated differential WBC count), 85027 (... complete, automated), new code 85032 (... manual cell count), and new code 85049 (... platelet, automated). If you bill regularly for CPT 88321 (Consultation and...

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