Billing for iSTAT Creat
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If anyone has a contact in your organization with billing knowledge, we’d appreciate some help. We want to know: if you use an iSTAT in your imaging department for creatinine prior to contrast studies, are they billed with a QW modifier? Any feedback is appreciated!
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If they are using the creatinine only cartridge, then yes you would use the QW modifier as that cartridge is waived. We bill that way for all 3 Radiology sites.
Thank you, Terry! This is very helpful.
Curious - what is a QW modifier? Never heard that term before with regard to billing.
James, It's a modifier CMS requests to indicate a test is waived. I don't think it's used if a payer is not a government payer.
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