tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2020 Issue Q2

Reader Question: Look to U0001 for Coronavirus Testing

Question: A patient presented to our ED with what seemed to be a cold, but she had recently traveled from South Korea, so the physician decided to administer a coronavirus test. Which code should we report for this panel? Is there an unlisted code for it? California Subscriber Answer: CMS developed a new HCPCS code for providers and laboratories to test patients for SARS-CoV-2, also known as the coronavirus. Providers testing patients with the CDC’s “2019 Novel Coronavirus Real Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Test Panel may bill for that test using the newly created HCPCS code (U0001),&rdquo...

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