Billing and Coding: B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Testing (A57083)


Related Local Coverage Determination (LCD)
L35526-B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Testing


Contractor NameContract NumberStates
Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC 01111 - A and B MAC California - Entire State
01112 - A and B MAC California - Northern
01182 - A and B MAC California - Southern
01211 - A and B MAC American Samoa
Guam
Hawaii
Northern Mariana Islands
01212 - A and B MAC American Samoa
Guam
Hawaii
Northern Mariana Islands
01311 - A and B MAC Nevada
01312 - A and B MAC Nevada
01911 - A and B MAC American Samoa
California - Entire State
Guam
Hawaii
Nevada
Northern Mariana Islands

Article Information

Article ID Number: A57083 Status: A-Approved

Article Title: Billing and Coding: B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) Testing

Original Article Effective Date: 10/01/2019

Revision Effective Date: 10/01/2022

Article Text:

The following coding and billing guidance is to be used with its associated Local coverage determination.

Documentation supporting medical necessity should be legible, maintained in the patient's record, and must be made available to the A/B MAC upon request.

The patient's medical record must contain documentation that fully supports the medical necessity for services included within this LCD. (See "Indications and Limitations of Coverage.") This documentation includes, but is not limited to, relevant medical history, physical examination, and results of pertinent diagnostic tests or procedures.


Coding Information
Bill Type Codes:

Contractors may specify Bill Types to help providers identify those Bill Types typically used to report this service. Absence of a Bill Type does not guarantee that the policy does not apply to that Bill Type. Complete absence of all Bill Types indicates that coverage is not influenced by Bill Type and the policy should be assumed to apply equally to all claims.

12Hospital Inpatient (Medicare Part B only)
13Hospital Outpatient
14Hospital - Laboratory Services Provided to Non-patients
21Skilled Nursing - Inpatient (Including Medicare Part A)
22Skilled Nursing - Inpatient (Medicare Part B only)
23Skilled Nursing - Outpatient
71Clinic - Rural Health
72Clinic - Hospital Based or Independent Renal Dialysis Center
77Clinic - Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
85Critical Access Hospital

Revenue Codes:

Contractors may specify Revenue Codes to help providers identify those Revenue Codes typically used to report this service. In most instances Revenue Codes are purely advisory; unless specified in the policy services reported under other Revenue Codes are equally subject to this coverage determination. Complete absence of all Revenue Codes indicates that coverage is not influenced by Revenue Code and the policy should be assumed to apply equally to all Revenue Codes.

0300 Laboratory - General Classification
0301 Laboratory - Chemistry
0520 Freestanding Clinic - General Classification
0521 Freestanding Clinic - Clinic Visit by Member to RHC/FQHC
0523 Freestanding Clinic - Family Practice Clinic
0525 Freestanding Clinic - Visit by RHC/FQHC Practitioner to a Member in a SNF (not in a Covered Part A Stay) or NF or ICF MR or Other Residential Facility

CPT/HCPCS Codes:

Group 1 Paragraph:

N/A



Group 1 CPT Codes:
83880 NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE


ICD-10 Codes That Are Covered

It is the responsibility of the provider to code to the highest level specified in the ICD-10-CM (e.g., to the third to seventh character). The correct use of an ICD-10-CM code listed below does not assure coverage of a service. The service must be reasonable and necessary in the specific case and must meet the criteria specified in this determination.

I11.0 Hypertensive heart disease with heart failure
I13.0 Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure and stage 1 through stage 4 chronic kidney disease, or unspecified chronic kidney disease
I13.2 Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure and with stage 5 chronic kidney disease, or end stage renal disease
I16.0 Hypertensive urgency
I16.1 Hypertensive emergency
I20.0 Unstable angina
I20.2 Refractory angina pectoris
I21.01 ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving left main coronary artery
I21.02 ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving left anterior descending coronary artery
I21.09 ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving other coronary artery of anterior wall
I21.11 ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving right coronary artery
I21.19 ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving other coronary artery of inferior wall
I21.21 ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving left circumflex coronary artery
I21.29 ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction involving other sites
I21.3 ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of unspecified site
I21.4 Non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction
I21.A1 Myocardial infarction type 2
I21.A9 Other myocardial infarction type
I22.0 Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of anterior wall
I22.2 Subsequent non-ST elevation (NSTEMI) myocardial infarction
I22.8 Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of other sites
I22.9 Subsequent ST elevation (STEMI) myocardial infarction of unspecified site
I25.110 Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery with unstable angina pectoris
I25.112 Atherosclerotic heart disease of native coronary artery with refractory angina pectoris
I25.700 Atherosclerosis of coronary artery bypass graft(s), unspecified, with unstable angina pectoris
I25.702 Atherosclerosis of coronary artery bypass graft(s), unspecified, with refractory angina pectoris
I25.710 Atherosclerosis of autologous vein coronary artery bypass graft(s) with unstable angina pectoris
I25.712 Atherosclerosis of autologous vein coronary artery bypass graft(s) with refractory angina pectoris
I25.720 Atherosclerosis of autologous artery coronary artery bypass graft(s) with unstable angina pectoris
I25.722 Atherosclerosis of autologous artery coronary artery bypass graft(s) with refractory angina pectoris
I25.730 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological coronary artery bypass graft(s) with unstable angina pectoris
I25.732 Atherosclerosis of nonautologous biological coronary artery bypass graft(s) with refractory angina pectoris
I25.750 Atherosclerosis of native coronary artery of transplanted heart with unstable angina
I25.752 Atherosclerosis of native coronary artery of transplanted heart with refractory angina pectoris
I25.760 Atherosclerosis of bypass graft of coronary artery of transplanted heart with unstable angina
I25.762 Atherosclerosis of bypass graft of coronary artery of transplanted heart with refractory angina pectoris
I25.790 Atherosclerosis of other coronary artery bypass graft(s) with unstable angina pectoris
I25.792 Atherosclerosis of other coronary artery bypass graft(s) with refractory angina pectoris
I31.1 Chronic constrictive pericarditis
I42.0 Dilated cardiomyopathy
I42.5 Other restrictive cardiomyopathy
I42.8 Other cardiomyopathies
I50.1 Left ventricular failure, unspecified
I50.21 Acute systolic (congestive) heart failure
I50.22 Chronic systolic (congestive) heart failure
I50.23 Acute on chronic systolic (congestive) heart failure
I50.31 Acute diastolic (congestive) heart failure
I50.32 Chronic diastolic (congestive) heart failure
I50.33 Acute on chronic diastolic (congestive) heart failure
I50.41 Acute combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure
I50.42 Chronic combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure
I50.43 Acute on chronic combined systolic (congestive) and diastolic (congestive) heart failure
I50.810 Right heart failure, unspecified
I50.811 Acute right heart failure
I50.812 Chronic right heart failure
I50.813 Acute on chronic right heart failure
I50.814 Right heart failure due to left heart failure
I50.82 Biventricular heart failure
I50.83 High output heart failure
I50.84 End stage heart failure
I50.89 Other heart failure
I50.9 Heart failure, unspecified
I5A Non-ischemic myocardial injury (non-traumatic)
J44.0 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with (acute) lower respiratory infection
J44.1 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with (acute) exacerbation
J45.901 Unspecified asthma with (acute) exacerbation
J98.01 Acute bronchospasm
R06.00 Dyspnea, unspecified
R06.01 Orthopnea
R06.02 Shortness of breath
R06.03 Acute respiratory distress
R06.09 Other forms of dyspnea
R06.2 Wheezing
R06.82 Tachypnea, not elsewhere classified
R06.89 Other abnormalities of breathing
R60.1 Generalized edema
ICD-10 Codes That Are Not Covered

N/A


Revision History Information
Revision History DateRevision History NumberRevision History Explanation
10/01/2022
R3

Updated to indicate this article is an LCD Reference Article

10/01/2022
R2

The following ICD-10 codes were added to Group 1: I20.2; I25.112, I25.702, I25.712, I25.722, I25.732, I25.752, I25.762, I25.792.

This revision is due to the annual ICD-10-CM updates effective 10/1/2022. 

10/01/2021
R1

Per the 2022 ICD-10 CM annual updates, code I5A was added to Group 1 effective 10/1/2021.