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Lab procedures billing

Priority Health will reimburse participating providers for the following tests when performed in provider office laboratories if the results are needed immediately for clinical decisions or HEDIS.

Participating labs

Any test not on the list below should be referred to a participating Joint Venture Hospital Lab in the East Region, or (in West and North Michigan) participating hospital labs or Quest Diagnostics, Inc., as designated by the patient's primary care physician.
Go to guidelines for billing non-participating (reference) lab procedures.

Approved physician office laboratory tests

  • If a lab test is not listed here, it is NOT eligible for reimbursement when performed in a physician's office.
  • Physician office labs with Waived CLIA licenses may only perform waived tests, indicated by an asterisk (*).
Code Description
80048 Basic metabolic panel
This panel must include the following: Calcium, total (82310), Carbon dioxide (82374), Chloride (82435), Creatinine (82565), Glucose (82947), Potassium (84132), Sodium (84295), Urea nitrogen (BUN) (84520)
80053 Comprehensive metabolic panel
This panel must include the following: Albumin (82040), Bilirubin, total (82247), Calcium, total (82310), Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374), Chloride (82435), Creatinine (82565), Glucose (82947), Phosphatase, alkaline (84075), Potassium (84132), Protein, total (84155), Sodium (84295), Transferase, alanine amino (ALT) (SGPT) (84460), Transferase, aspartate amino (AST) (SGOT) (84450), Urea nitrogen (BUN) (84520)
80061 Lipid panel
80101 Drug screen, qualitative; single drug class method (eg, immunoassay, enzyme assay), each drug class
81000 Urinalysis w/micro
81001 Urinalysis, automated, w/micro
81002* Urinalysis w/o micro
81003 Urinalysis, dip stic/tab, automated w/o micro
81015 Urinalysis, micro only
81025* Urine pregnancy, color comparison
81050 Urinalysis, volume measurement for timed collection, each
82042 Albumin; urine or other source, quantitative, each specimen
82043 Albumin; urine, microalbumin, quantitative
82044 Albumin; urine, microalbumin, semiquantitative (eg, reagent strip assay)
82270* Blood, occult, by peroxidase activity (eg, guaiac), qualitative; feces, consecutive collected specimens with single determination, for colorectal neoplasm screening (ie, patient was provided three cards or single triple card for consecutive collection)
82272 Blood, occult, by peroxidase activity (eg, guaiac), qualitative, feces, single specimen (eg, from digital rectal exam)
82274 Blood, occult, by fecal hemoglobin determination by immunoassay, qualitative, feces, 1-3 simultaneous determinations
G0107 Colorectal cancer screening; fecal-occult blood test, 1-3 simultaneous determinations
82570 Creatinine; other source
82947 Glucose; quantitative, blood (except reagent strip)
82948 Glucose, reagent strip
82950 Post-glucose dose
82962* Glucose, home use device
83026* Hemoglobin, copper sulfate method
83036 Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C)
83037 Hemoglobin; glycosylated (A1C) by device cleared by FDA for home use
83655 Lead testing
83721 Lipoprotein, direct measurement; direct measurement, LDL cholesterol
84132 Potassium; serum
84155 Protein, total, except by refractometry; serum
84160 Protein, total, by refractometry, any source
84165 Protein, electrophoretic fractionation & quantitation
85007 Blood smear w/manual diff
85013* Spun microhematocrit
85014 Non-spun microhematocrit
85018 Hemoglobin
85025 CBC, automated and automated differential
85027 Complete CBC, automated
85610 Prothrombin time
85651* Sedimentation rate, non-automated
86308 Heterophile antibodies, screening
86403 Particle agglutination, screen/mononucleosis
86580 Tuberculosis, intradermal
86585 Tuberculosis, tine test
87077 Culture, bacterial; aerobic isolate, additional methods required for definitive identification, each isolate
87101 Culture, fungi (mold or yeast) isolation, with presumptive identification of isolates; skin, hair, or nail
87210 Wet mount, bacteria/fungi (wet prep)
87220 Tissue exam for fungi (KOH)
87275 Influenza B (immunofluorescent)
87276 Influenza A (immunofluorescent)
87400 Influenza A or B (enzyme immunoassay)
87430 Streptococcus, group A
87804 Influenza - infectious agent (immunoassay) w/direct optical observation
87807 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical observation; respiratory syncytial virus
87808 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical observation; Trichomonas vaginalis
87880 Streptococcus group A
87905 Infectious agent enzymatic activity other than virus (eg, sialidase activity in vaginal fluid)
89190 Nasal smear for eosinophils
Tests generally performed only by specialist physicians:
83861 Microfluidic analysis utilizing an integrated collection and analysis device, tear osmolarity
87168 Macroscopic examination; arthropod (approved for dermatologists only)
88161 Cytopathology, smears, any other source; preparation, screening and interpretation (approved for dermatologists only)
88173 Eval fine needle aspirate, interpretation & report
88300 Surgical pathology, Level I
88302 Surgical pathology, Level II
88304 Surgical pathology, Level III (skin - cyst/tag/debridement)
88305 Surgical pathology, Level IV (skin - other than cyst/tag/debridement)
88342 Immunohistochemistry (including tissue immunoperoxidase), each antibody
85097 Smear interpretation only (to be billed with 85095)
89060 Crystal identification, micro
89300 Semen analysis, presence & motility
89310 Sperm count & motility
89320 Semen analysis; complete (volume, count, motility, and differential)
89322 Semen analysis; volume, count, motility, and differential using strict morphologic criteria (e.g., Kruger)
89325 Sperm antibodies
Last modified: 4/24/2012
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