AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 10 (October)

COVID-19 October Update (October 2020)

October 2020 Special Edition COVID-19 October Update As we approach the season for influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections, clinicians need to be able to rapidly distinguish these two seasonal infections from infections caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Ordinarily, a test panel that evaluates these four viruses would be reported using Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 87631, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory virus (eg, adenovirus, influenza virus, coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus), includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique, multiple...

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