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Urine Drug Screen Billing in the Laboratory Setting
diagnostico:
In the reimbursement report from the initial message, I have included a reimbursement report from a lab that has billed for the UDS and I know for a fact that the docs office has billed for the same test using an in office CLIA waived test. Ooops somebody is in trouble.
RichardP:
I read your comment that starts with WOW and my first and immediate response was embarrassment. Thank you for the hyperbole.
Question: who is it that the doctor and the lab both billed? The patient? W/C? If an insurance carrier was billed, one would think they would note the double billing for the same patient for the same date of service, and reject one or both of the billings.
diagnostico:
RichardP,
My apologies for embarrassing you. I was extremely impressed with your depth of knowledge.
The docs office and the lab are both billing WC and PIP only.
The office is billing 80101QW and the Lab is billing the codes shown in the report from the first post.
RichardP:
My apologies for embarrassing you. No problem. I'm just trying to be helpful; I'm not running for President. Most of our clients have Physician Office Labs and we do a lot of lab billing, but not much CLIA-waived stuff.
If I'm reading your posts correctly, it appears that your lab is billing for codes different from what the doctors are billing. That should be OK. If you are both billing for 80101QW for the same patient for the same date of service, I would guess that would be problematic. But that would be a call for the Insurance Carriers to make.
diagnostico:
RichardP
thanks again for all of your help. Can I ask for your assistance with one more question regarding urine screening billing?
When billing 80101 x 12 at the laboratory i was instructed to bill 83518 x 4. Can you tell me why i should bill 83518 x 4?
thanks
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