If the physician tested for automated cbc and automated differential wbc count, hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag), rubella antibody, qualitative syphilis test, rbc antibody screening, abo blood typing and rh (d) blood typing, you would code

This questions is in the context of current procedural terminology code or CPT code. There are choices in this question namely:

a. each test separately and append the 51 modifier
b. each test separately
c. the obstetric panel
d. none of the above

The correct answer is "the obstetric panel". The obstetric panel has a test code of 20210 with CPT codes of 80055 which includes a Complete Blood Count with White Blood Cell Differential Count, Hepatitis B Surface Antigen, RPR Screen/Reflex Titer/FTA, Rubella Immunity (IgG), and Type/Rh/Antibody Screen (Prenatal).