CPT code 85025
What does CPT code 85025 mean on a medical bill?
This is the standard blood count: red cells, white cells, and platelets, along with a breakdown of the white cell types. Almost every emergency workup includes it. It is billed once per sample run, so if your blood was drawn again hours later to recheck it, two lines are expected. There is a simpler version without the white cell breakdown, and your lab report shows which one you actually got.
What does CPT code 85025 usually cost?
Charged per run of the sample, with the blood draw itself often on its own small line. Hospital labs and outside lab companies price the same test differently, and an outside lab may send you a bill of its own.
What should I watch out for with CPT code 85025?
- More counts billed than results in your lab report
- This test and the simpler version without the differential billed from the same tube
- A separate line for each part of the count — the cells are already covered by this one code
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