[Histonet] HPV testing on head and neck tumors and reimbursement

[Martha Ward-Pathology]

Hello,

My billing group wanted me to ask if anyone is seeing denials for reimbursement for HPV testing on male Medicare patients when it is performed on ffpe for head and neck tumors?     We have seen a few denials recently and they wanted to see how everyone is handling the coding.   This is for CPT code 87624.

Thank you in advance for any input you may have on this issue.


Martha Ward, MT (ASCP) QIHC
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC 27157