Blood count test NCD update
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Three new hematology codes will be added to the blood-count testing NCD: CPT codes 85004 (blood count automated differential white blood cell count); 85032 (manual cell count [erythrocyte, leukocyte, or platelet] each); and 85049 (platelet, automated). CMS released the 23 clinical diagnostic laboratory NCDs in November 2001 (1"The Gray Sheet" Dec. 3, 2001, p. 7)...
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