Curious Dr., I am a coder and by guidelines we never code strictly from lab reports, you know this. Why then this one time we can? We can code positive covid19 tests from lab results. We can't do that for normal flu tests or any other labs, just cytology or pathology signed by a Dr, Np or professional equivalent. Why should Medicare pay more just for this disease, thousands more in fact, if they go on a ventilator up to 39k for that one patient. It looks like it's all about the money to me.
Curious Dr., I am a coder and by guidelines we never code strictly from lab reports, you know this. Why then this one time we can? We can code positive covid19 tests from lab results. We can't do that for normal flu tests or any other labs, just cytology or pathology signed by a Dr, Np or professional equivalent. Why should Medicare pay more just for this disease, thousands more in fact, if they go on a ventilator up to 39k for that one patient. It looks like it's all about the money to me.