US · guidance
CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 4, § 231.8
Billing for Transfusion Services
To report charges for transfusion services, OPPS providers should bill the appropriate
CPT code for the specific transfusion service provided under Revenue Code 391 (Blood
Administration). Transfusion services codes are billed on a per service basis, and not by
the number of units of blood product transfused. For payment, a blood product HCPCS
code is required when billing a transfusion service code. A transfusion APC will be paid
to the OPPS provider for transfusing blood products once per day, regardless of the
number of units or different types of blood products transfused.
History
(Rev. 496, Issued: 03-04-05, Effective: 07-01-05, Implementation: 07-05-05)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
- Content hash
77a8b5d240a627a9e11e2f6ef2655767a43f1cacfd0fb4ef1f9ba84293145e15
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