Specimen collection

Is there a code that can be billed for obtaining a throat culture specimen?

no

but you could use 99000- conveyance of specimen to lab- and hope you get paid.

throat culture

No code for obtaining the throat culture. Just part of the E/M. 99000 is considered incidental to an E/M service by almost every insurance company on the planet, or at least in the US.

99000

we bill 99000-59 and most insurances are paying