sunshine 11 Posted March 30 Has anyone used or built the product in your computer Convalescent plasma for COVID-19? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bldbnkr 44 Posted April 2 No, the Red Cross in our area is hosting a telephone conference about this. Is this a new build and will it be a blood bank product or a pharmacy product? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMcCord 1,224 Posted April 2 (edited) I'm working on a build for convalescent plasma right now. I've put some codes in Test as FFP and that's working fine. The more I think about it, the more I wonder whether we can lump the product into the FFP category with it's literal (such as FFP Covid-19) printing on the product label or if we should also build a new product type. I'm leaning toward building a new product type so that the Epic result in the patient's EMR shows it as Covid-19 plasma and not simply FFP. I would welcome anyone's thoughts or experience on the idea of building a new product type. We've asked for an Epic order specifically for that product - that build is in process. I will also request a specific transfuse order for the product as was recommended by Epic. I found the recommendations for the Epic build, published by Epic, on our BB LIS user group site. I will share if anyone needs it. Edited April 2 by AMcCord 2 jayinsat and Ward_X reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ESIZENSKY 16 Posted April 2 I am building a separate product for each type of product. Convalescent PLasma and Liquid Convalescent Plasma. Does anyone have the HCPCS code? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jayinsat 139 Posted April 2 Our supplier is looking at adding a COVID modifier like CMV to existing plasma products. Thant was the direction they were leaning in our conference call yesterday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMcCord 1,224 Posted April 2 2 hours ago, jayinsat said: Our supplier is looking at adding a COVID modifier like CMV to existing plasma products. Thant was the direction they were leaning in our conference call yesterday. Interesting. Who is your supplier? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jayinsat 139 Posted April 3 23 hours ago, AMcCord said: Interesting. Who is your supplier? South Texas Blood and Tissue Center. 1 AMcCord reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alialameen 1 Posted April 6 On 4/2/2020 at 4:18 PM, AMcCord said: I'm working on a build for convalescent plasma right now. I've put some codes in Test as FFP and that's working fine. The more I think about it, the more I wonder whether we can lump the product into the FFP category with it's literal (such as FFP Covid-19) printing on the product label or if we should also build a new product type. I'm leaning toward building a new product type so that the Epic result in the patient's EMR shows it as Covid-19 plasma and not simply FFP. I would welcome anyone's thoughts or experience on the idea of building a new product type. We've asked for an Epic order specifically for that product - that build is in process. I will also request a specific transfuse order for the product as was recommended by Epic. I found the recommendations for the Epic build, published by Epic, on our BB LIS user group site. I will share if anyone needs it. Dear AMcCord Can you please share it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROI12369 2 Posted April 7 covidconvalescentplasaproductcodesandlabelexamples.pdf This is from our Blood product provider here in Florida. 1 jnadeau reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROI12369 2 Posted April 7 I hope this will help. 1 jasmine reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alialameen 1 Posted April 7 3 hours ago, ROI12369 said: I hope this will help. Thanks a lot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NLiveris 5 Posted April 8 Digi-Trax blood bank software, HemaTrax, has all the convalescent plasma codes available for COVID-19 to print the necessary labels. If you need this update for HemaTrax, please contact your Digi-Trax sales person directly or call 800-356-6126 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B Postive 11 Posted April 8 Is the HCPCS code same as FFP code? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bldbnkr 44 Posted April 10 On 4/8/2020 at 4:14 PM, B Postive said: Is the HCPCS code same as FFP code? No, HCPCS is a Medicare billing code. From what I know the product is free right now so no billing codes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMcCord 1,224 Posted April 13 What I know for our facility is that if you are part of the EAP with Mayo, and we are, then there is no charge for the plasma. It's covered by BARDA. If we used an eIND and orderd from the ARC, there would be a charge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMcCord 1,224 Posted April 13 On 4/6/2020 at 8:47 AM, alialameen said: Dear AMcCord Can you please share it? Epic Guidelines - Prepare and Transfuse Convalescent Plasma for COVID.docx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alialameen 1 Posted April 13 13 minutes ago, AMcCord said: Epic Guidelines - Prepare and Transfuse Convalescent Plasma for COVID.docx 16.74 kB · 3 downloads Thanks a lot 1 AMcCord reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B Postive 11 Posted April 14 Dear AmCord, What HCPCS code are you applying if the units are given as eIND? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMcCord 1,224 Posted April 15 (edited) 18 hours ago, B Postive said: Dear AmCord, What HCPCS code are you applying if the units are given as eIND? We have not transfused a patient under an eIND - patient got better thankfully. When we started that process there wasn't a specific HCPCS code yet. I think there is one now, but I can't tell you what it is. We are now enrolled with May Clinic for the EAD so won't need the code for now. Maybe someone else in the group has it. Edited April 15 by AMcCord Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glewis 13 Posted April 15 We are using HCPCS code P9107. 2 cthherbal and AMcCord reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ADeCesare 6 Posted April 16 I'm building codes for COVID-19 plasma, frozen (one code each for Container 1, Container 2, Container 3, and an undivided product) using the component codes provided to me by Red Cross. I plan to assign an attribute to document that the product was convalescent plasma. Then, once it's thawed, the component code will be the same as for other thawed plasma. That way I can use the labels we already use; they can be scanned during blood administration (using Cerner Bridge) and are readily available. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DPruden 122 Posted April 17 We are not currently billing for convalescent plasma, we built them in SafeTrace Tx will a billing holder code so that all of these products end up in a, Epic billing workqueue. I'm not sure that you should be billing the patients for these anyway seeing as the products are investigational products for research use only. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saralm88 13 Posted April 21 Does anyone know the exact HCPSC code for this product? We have a charge from our center and we want to get a code in the computer. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Saikin 1,353 Posted April 22 On 04/13/2020 at 1:40 PM, AMcCord said: Epic Guidelines - Prepare and Transfuse Convalescent Plasma for COVID.docx 16.74 kB · 81 downloads I am unable to access this link. It goes nowhere for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ally 6 Posted April 23 Yes, we already transfused few patients with Covid. We built the Sunquest code as TCCP (Transfuse COVID19 Convalescent Plasma. we do use eIND to match with patient. we built for two products one liquid LCCP and Frozen CCP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
