AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 11 (November)
COVID-19 November Update (November 2020)
November 2020 Special Edition COVID-19 November Update As the flu season approaches and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic persists, the necessity for a single test that measures antigens for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (CoV) (eg, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19]) as well as influenza virus types A and B has become apparent. During the November Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) Editorial Panel (Panel) meeting, the Panel approved an additional code for the Microbiology subsection of the Pathology and Laboratory section of the CPT code set. To address the ongoing clinical need to report COVID-19 testing, the Panel expedited...
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