CPT Code: 82272 Fecal Occult Blood Test 


Frequency Limitations: Patients who are taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and have a history of GI bleeding but no other signs, symptoms, or complaints associated with GI blood loss: once every 3 months

ICD-9 Codes are associated with CPT code 82272 in this policy.

003.0 Salmonella gastroenteritis
003.1 Salmonella septicemia
004.0 Shigella dysenteriae, infection by group A Shigella
004.1 Shigella flexneri, infection by group B Shigella
004.2 Shigella boydii, infection by group C Shigella
004.3 Shigella sonnei, infection by group D Shigella
004.8 Other specified shigella infections
004.9 Shigellosis, unspecified
005.0 Staphylococcal food poisoning
005.1 Botulism food poisoning

…. and many more.