HCPro, JustCoding Outpatient - 2018 Issue 21 (May)

Medicare reissues guidance on specimen validity testing for drug screening

May 18th, 2018

A recent report from the Office of Inspector General focuses on improper payments for specimen validity tests billed in combination with urine drug tests. Yvette DeVay, MHA, CPC, CPMA, CIC, CPC-I, reviews Medicare instructions and coding guidance for presumptive and definitive drug testing.

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