Lab NCDs - ICD-10 Transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM for the Lab NCDs Based on the 2010 Affordable Care Act (2010), the ICD-10-CM codeset is used (instead of ICD-9-CM) by all covered entities to encode diagnoses in HIPAA-regulated transactions, such as Medicare billing claims for diagnostic clinical laboratory services.
Encounter for preprocedural laboratory examination. Z01.812 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM Z01.812 became effective on October 1, 2018.
Labcorp provides ICD-10 coding resources that may be helpful for your office. Labcorp continues to rely on the ordering physician to provide diagnostic information for the individual patient.
*These commonly used ICD-10 diagnosis codes are intended to assist physicians and other authorized ordering parties in providing correct ICD-10 codes as required by Medicare and other insurers. The codes are based on ICD-10-CM, Medicare Regulations and Manuals authorized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
From ICD-10: For encounters for routine laboratory/radiology testing in the absence of any signs, symptoms, or associated diagnosis, assign Z01. 89, Encounter for other specified special examinations.
ICD-10 Code for Encounter for issue of other medical certificate- Z02. 79- Codify by AAPC.
511 – Pain in Right Shoulder. Code M25. 511 is the diagnosis code used for Pain in Right Shoulder.
Z02.1ICD-10 Code for Encounter for pre-employment examination- Z02. 1- Codify by AAPC.
Coding for workers If you provide independent medical examinations (IMEs), the specific codes for a "work-related or medical disability examination" are either CPT 99455 (by the treating physician) or CPT 99456 (by other than the treating physician).
Pre-employment physicals You could bill the pre-employment physical using the appropriate evaluation and management code and diagnosis code V70. 5, “Health examination of defined subpopulations,” which should help clarify that this encounter is different from the annual physical you previously billed.
M25. 511 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
ICD-9 Code Transition: 723.1 Code M54. 2 is the diagnosis code used for Cervicalgia (Neck Pain). It is a common problem, with two-thirds of the population having neck pain at some point in their lives.
6: Pain in thoracic spine.
Encounter for examination of blood pressure without abnormal findings. Z01. 30 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
CPT® 80307, Under Presumptive Drug Class Screening Procedures. The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 80307 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Presumptive Drug Class Screening Procedures.
U07. 1 should only be used for confirmed cases of COVID-19 with positive or presumptive-positive test results.