Laboratory Question for the Week of April 25, 2016

By NDueaLaboratory
Laboratory Compliance Question of the Week

Question:

Are there any laboratory services that aren’t packaged under the OPPS?

Answer:

For non-patient referred specimens, hospitals will continue to report services on type of bill (TOB) 141 (hospital non-patient). The three other scenarios below also will not be packaged under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS).

  • Outpatient lab-only encounters
  • Unrelated lab procedures
  • Fee-for-service. 

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