The ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification) is a system used by physicians and other healthcare providers to classify and code all diagnoses, symptoms and procedures recorded in conjunction with hospital care in the United States.
Encounter for preprocedural laboratory examination 812 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z01. 812 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z01.
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-CM Code for Encounter for preprocedural laboratory examination Z01. 812.
Effective for dates of service on or after May 1, 2021, procedure code 99195 for therapeutic phlebotomy will become a benefit of the Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Services Program.
Guidelines in parenthesis directly under CPT code 36592. Venipuncture or phlebotomy is the puncture of a vein with a needle or an IV catheter to withdraw blood. Venipuncture is the most common method used to obtain blood samples for blood or serum lab procedures, and is sometimes referred to as a “blood draw.”
Therapeutic phlebotomy is a blood draw that's done to treat a medical problem, such as having too much iron in your blood. With therapeutic phlebotomy, more blood is drawn than during a regular blood draw. Your doctor will decide how much blood will be drawn based on the reason you're having the procedure.
Submit CPT code 36415 for all routine venipunctures, not requiring the skill of a physician, for specimen collection. This includes all venipunctures performed on superficial peripheral veins of the upper and lower extremities.
As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an approximate match to ICD-9 code 825.0:
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.