http://www.supercoder.com/forum/ Supercoder - Ask an Expert? Tag: aa - Recent Posts en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:53:05 +0000 http://www.supercoder.com/forum/topic/billing-for-postprandial-pp-glucose#post-91 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:04:30 +0000 Anonymous 91@http://www.supercoder.com/forum/ <p>For a fasting glucose test, report 82947.The correct code for a blood glucose test after the patient consumes a glucose dose is 82950 (Glucose; post glucose dose [includes glucose]). CPT 82950 code definition says, “includes glucose,” that does not mean that it includes a fasting blood glucose test. The phrase means that the code includes the cost of the glucose the patient consumes before taking the blood specimen.<br /> If the lab performs a fasting glucose test as a baseline before performing a post-glucose dose test, you should report both 82947 and 82950.<br /> But don’t get confused in situation with coding a glucose tolerance test (GTT), which involves three specimens. The GTT protocol involves a fasting glucose followed by a glucose dose and two (or more) subsequent blood glucose samplings. The code is 82951 (Glucose; tolerance test [GTT], three specimens [includes glucose]). </p> http://www.supercoder.com/forum/topic/billing-for-postprandial-pp-glucose#post-30 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:15:15 +0000 supercoder.newbee 30@http://www.supercoder.com/forum/ <p>Can anyone tell me how they bill a 2hr pp glucose? The bill that we are receiving from our lab is stating that we should be billing 82947x2. But we are billing 82947 and 82950. Any help w/ this is greatly appreciated. </p>