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AMA CPT® Assistant - 2013 Issue 7 (July)
Pathology and Laboratory: Tier 2 Molecular Pathology Procedures (Q & A) (July 2013)
July 2013 page 12
Pathology and Laboratory: Tier 2 Molecular Pathology Procedures
Question: If a lab performs a single nucleotide polymorphism test (SNP) that is not one of the tests listed under code 81400 Molecular pathology procedure, Level 1(eg, identification of single germline variant [eg, SNP] by techniques such as restriction enzyme digestion or melt curve analysis), is it okay to report this code?
Answer: No. The Tier 2 molecular pathology codes (81400-81408) cannot be self-assigned to genetic tests. The only tests for which these codes may be reported with codes in this series are the tests listed under...
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