List of HCPCS codes for: Pathology and Laboratory (P-codes)

HCPCS Code	Short Description	Long Description
P1	Normal healthy patient	A normal healthy patient
P2	Patient w/mild syst disease	A patient with mild systemic disease
P2028	Cephalin floculation test	Cephalin floculation, blood
P2029	Congo red blood test	Congo red, blood
P2031	Hair analysis	Hair analysis (excluding arsenic)
P2033	Blood thymol turbidity	Thymol turbidity, blood
P2038	Blood mucoprotein	Mucoprotein, blood (seromucoid) (medical necessity procedure)
P3	Patient w/severe sys disease	A patient with severe systemic disease
P3000	Screen pap by tech w md supv	Screening papanicolaou smear, cervical or vaginal, up to three smears, by technician under physician supervision
P3001	Screening pap smear by phys	Screening papanicolaou smear, cervical or vaginal, up to three smears, requiring interpretation by physician
P4	Pt w/sev sys dis threat life	A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life
P5	Pt not expect surv w/o oper	A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the operation
P6	Brain-dead pt organs removed	A declared brain-dead patient whose organs are being removed for donor purposes
P7001	Culture bacterial urine	Culture, bacterial, urine; quantitative, sensitivity study
P9010	Whole blood for transfusion	Blood (whole), for transfusion, per unit
P9011	Blood split unit	Blood, split unit
P9012	Cryoprecipitate each unit	Cryoprecipitate, each unit
P9016	Rbc leukocytes reduced	Red blood cells, leukocytes reduced, each unit
P9017	Plasma 1 donor frz w/in 8 hr	Fresh frozen plasma (single donor), frozen within 8 hours of collection, each unit
P9019	Platelets, each unit	Platelets, each unit
P9020	Plaelet rich plasma unit	Platelet rich plasma, each unit
P9021	Red blood cells unit	Red blood cells, each unit
P9022	Washed red blood cells unit	Red blood cells, washed, each unit
P9023	Frozen plasma, pooled, sd	Plasma, pooled multiple donor, solvent/detergent treated, frozen, each unit
P9025	Plasma cryo redu path each	Plasma, cryoprecipitate reduced, pathogen reduced, each unit
P9026	Cryo fib comp path redu each	Cryoprecipitated fibrinogen complex, pathogen reduced, each unit
P9031	Platelets leukocytes reduced	Platelets, leukocytes reduced, each unit
P9032	Platelets, irradiated	Platelets, irradiated, each unit
P9033	Platelets leukoreduced irrad	Platelets, leukocytes reduced, irradiated, each unit
P9034	Platelets, pheresis	Platelets, pheresis, each unit
P9035	Platelet pheres leukoreduced	Platelets, pheresis, leukocytes reduced, each unit
P9036	Platelet pheresis irradiated	Platelets, pheresis, irradiated, each unit
P9037	Plate pheres leukoredu irrad	Platelets, pheresis, leukocytes reduced, irradiated, each unit
P9038	Rbc irradiated	Red blood cells, irradiated, each unit
P9039	Rbc deglycerolized	Red blood cells, deglycerolized, each unit
P9040	Rbc leukoreduced irradiated	Red blood cells, leukocytes reduced, irradiated, each unit
P9041	Albumin (human),5%, 50ml	Infusion, albumin (human), 5%, 50 ml
P9043	Plasma protein fract,5%,50ml	Infusion, plasma protein fraction (human), 5%, 50 ml
P9044	Cryoprecipitatereducedplasma	Plasma, cryoprecipitate reduced, each unit
P9045	Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml	Infusion, albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml
P9046	Albumin (human), 25%, 20 ml	Infusion, albumin (human), 25%, 20 ml
P9047	Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml	Infusion, albumin (human), 25%, 50 ml
P9048	Plasmaprotein fract,5%,250ml	Infusion, plasma protein fraction (human), 5%, 250 ml
P9050	Granulocytes, pheresis unit	Granulocytes, pheresis, each unit
P9051	Blood, l/r, cmv-neg	Whole blood or red blood cells, leukocytes reduced, cmv-negative, each unit
P9052	Platelets, hla-m, l/r, unit	Platelets, hla-matched leukocytes reduced, apheresis/pheresis, each unit
P9053	Plt, pher, l/r cmv-neg, irr	Platelets, pheresis, leukocytes reduced, cmv-negative, irradiated, each unit
P9054	Blood, l/r, froz/degly/wash	Whole blood or red blood cells, leukocytes reduced, frozen, deglycerol, washed, each unit
P9055	Plt, aph/pher, l/r, cmv-neg	Platelets, leukocytes reduced, cmv-negative, apheresis/pheresis, each unit
P9056	Blood, l/r, irradiated	Whole blood, leukocytes reduced, irradiated, each unit
P9057	Rbc, frz/deg/wsh, l/r, irrad	Red blood cells, frozen/deglycerolized/washed, leukocytes reduced, irradiated, each unit
P9058	Rbc, l/r, cmv-neg, irrad	Red blood cells, leukocytes reduced, cmv-negative, irradiated, each unit
P9059	Plasma, frz between 8-24hour	Fresh frozen plasma between 8-24 hours of collection, each unit
P9060	Fr frz plasma donor retested	Fresh frozen plasma, donor retested, each unit
P9070	Pathogen reduced plasma pool	Plasma, pooled multiple donor, pathogen reduced, frozen, each unit
P9071	Pathogen reduced plasma sing	Plasma (single donor), pathogen reduced, frozen, each unit
P9072	Plate path red/rapid bac tes	Platelets, pheresis, pathogen reduced or rapid bacterial tested, each unit
P9073	Platelets pheresis path redu	Platelets, pheresis, pathogen-reduced, each unit
P9099	Blood component/product noc	Blood component or product not otherwise classified
P9100	Pathogen test for platelets	Pathogen(s) test for platelets
P9603	One-way allow prorated miles	Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated miles actually travelled
P9604	One-way allow prorated trip	Travel allowance one way in connection with medically necessary laboratory specimen collection drawn from home bound or nursing home bound patient; prorated trip charge
P9612	Catheterize for urine spec	Catheterization for collection of specimen, single patient, all places of service
P9615	Urine specimen collect mult	Catheterization for collection of specimen(s) (multiple patients)
PA	Surgery, wrong body part	Surgical or other invasive procedure on wrong body part
PB	Surgery, wrong patient	Surgical or other invasive procedure on wrong patient
PC	Wrong surgery on patient	Wrong surgery or other invasive procedure on patient
PD	Inp admit w/in 3 days	Diagnostic or related non diagnostic item or service provided in a wholly owned or operated entity to a patient who is admitted as an inpatient within 3 days
PI	Pet tumor init tx strat	Positron emission tomography (pet) or pet/computed tomography (ct) to inform the initial treatment strategy of tumors that are biopsy proven or strongly suspected of being cancerous based on other diagnostic testing
PL	Progressive addition lenses	Progressive addition lenses
PM	Post mortem	Post mortem
PN	Non-excepted off-campus svc	Non-excepted service provided at an off-campus, outpatient, provider-based department of a hospital
PO	Excepted off-campus service	Excepted service provided at an off-campus, outpatient, provider-based department of a hospital
PS	Pet tumor subsq tx strategy	Positron emission tomography (pet) or pet/computed tomography (ct) to inform the subsequent treatment strategy of cancerous tumors when the beneficiary's treating physician determines that the pet study is needed to inform subsequent anti-tumor strategy
PT	Clrctal screen to diagn	Colorectal cancer screening test; converted to diagnostic test or other procedure