CCSD code 0223O: Insulin level test billing guide
CCSD code 0223O is one of the private healthcare billing codes UK insurers use for an insulin level test. It’s a pathology blood test that measures how much insulin is circulating in a patient’s blood. Practices that treat 0223O like a procedure often expect a consent form, a treatment note, and a pre-authorisation reference. That […]
CCSD code 0269B: Lead level test billing guide
You have got a lead result in front of you and an insurer claim that wants the right code against it. Here it is: 0269B is the CCSD code for a lead level blood test, one of the pathology investigations UK private medical insurers recognise for reimbursement. It covers measuring the amount of lead in […]
CCSD code 0142T: Why it’s a deleted US CPT code, not a UK billing code
If you’re here for CCSD code 0142T, here’s the twist: there isn’t one. It’s not a CCSD code, and it never has been. What you’ve actually found is a retired US billing code: CPT 0142T. It’s quietly made its way into a UK search. That crossover is easy to miss and expensive to ignore. Put […]
CCSD code 3509U: UK private healthcare billing guide
CCSD code 3509U is a Chapter 34 pathology/diagnostic code in the UK CCSD schedule, not a surgical procedure code. Its four-digit-then-letter format places it in the pathology schedule rather than the surgical procedure schedule, and the trailing U marks a urine specimen. This guide covers what the code’s format tells you, how it pairs with […]
CCSD code 0138B: Thiopental level test billing guide
So what is CCSD code 0138B? CCSD code 0138B is the line you use to bill a thiopental level: a blood test that measures how much thiopental, a fast-acting barbiturate, is circulating in a patient’s system. In the Clinical Coding and Schedule Development (CCSD) schedule that UK private insurers work from, it falls under clinical […]
CCSD code 0135B: Thiocyanate level test billing guide
What CCSD code 0135B actually is? CCSD code 0135B is the CCSD Schedule code for a thiocyanate level test. In plain terms, it is a blood test from clinical biochemistry that measures how much thiocyanate is in a patient’s system. It is not a surgical procedure, an imaging study, or a consultation, and getting that […]
CCSD code 0087B: Serine level test billing guide
CCSD code 0087B is the code you use to bill a serine level test, a biochemistry blood test that measures the amino acid serine, to UK private medical insurers. It lives in the biochemistry section of the CCSD schedule, which tells you the most important thing about it up front: this is a pathology test, […]
CCSD code 0299B: Sarcosine level test billing guide
CCSD code 0299B is the code UK private medical insurers use to bill a Sarcosine level test — a blood test that measures sarcosine, an amino acid involved in the body’s one-carbon metabolism pathway. It sits in the Biochemistry category of the CCSD Schedule, alongside the other single-analyte and metabolic blood tests insurers process every […]
CCSD code 0309O: Varicella zoster virus DNA (NAAT) billing guide
CCSD code 0309O is the code UK private medical insurers use to bill varicella zoster virus (VZV) DNA by nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT), a molecular diagnostic test that detects the genetic material of the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles. In practice, this test is usually run as a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay, […]
CCSD code 0081H: Selenium level test billing guide
CCSD code 0081H is the code UK private medical insurers use to bill a Selenium level test. It’s a blood test that measures how much selenium, a trace mineral, is circulating in a patient’s blood, and sits in the Biochemistry category of the CCSD Schedule, alongside the other single-analyte blood tests insurers process every day. […]