Medical Billing Forum
Coding => Coding => : tlovita1@aol.com January 13, 2011, 04:43:40 PM
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Hi,
Can my doctor which is a dermatologist bill for lab codes 87070-culture, 87075-culture, 87101 -fungus culture and 99000 handling of specimen, he sends takes the test and sends it out to a lab?
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If he is performing the service he can bill. Not all insurances may reimburse him for them. He may need to have a CLIA waiver on file, or be set up in the insurance carriers system to be reimbursed for those codes. As long as the services are within his scope of practice.
Michele
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is there a website that has an example of a clia waiver that you may know of?
Thank you :)
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https://www.cms.gov/CLIA/downloads/HowObtainCertificateofWaiver.pdf
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Thank you!