"CPT Code: 87635" Articles


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October 8th, 2020

Significant COVID-19 Code Changes as of October 6

By Wyn Staheli, Director of Research | Published October 8th, 2020 - Last Review/Update October 13th, 2020

Significant COVID-19 Code Changes as of October 6

April 15th, 2020

New CPT® Codes Approved for COVID-19 Antibody Identification

By Aimee Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CST, MA, MT, Director of Content | Published April 15th, 2020

On April 10, 2020, the American Medical Association approved and published a revision of code 86318 and added two new codes 86328 and 86769 for reporting Coronavirus [COVID-19] antibody testing.

April 13th, 2020

CPT Coding Guidance on New Lab Code for COVID-19

By Christine Woolstenhulme, QCC, QMCS, CPC, CMRS | Published April 13th, 2020

According to the AMA, "The Addition of one Category I Pathology and Laboratory code (87635) for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-2-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]) accepted at the March 2020 CPT Editorial Panel meeting. *Note that code 87635 will be a child code under parent code 87471. It is represented here ...

March 21st, 2020

Understand the New Codes for Testing & Reporting the COVID-19 Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)

By Aimee Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CST, MA, MT, Director of Content | Published March 21st, 2020

The current coronavirus pandemic refers to COVID-19, a novel or new type of coronavirus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first victim of the virus was identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China at the end of 2019. There is no immunization available to prevent it from spreading and ...

March 17th, 2020

Additional Coronavirus Testing Code Announced

By Wyn Staheli, Director of Research | Published March 17th, 2020

On March 13, 2020, a new CPT code was announced by the American Medical Association (AMA) who maintains the CPT code set. This early release of a CPT code is rare and is effective immediately.



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