AMA CPT® Assistant - 2010 Issue 12 (December)

Pathology and Laboratory Changes in CPT 2011 (December 2010)

December 2010 pages 7-10 Pathology and Laboratory Changes in CPT 2011 For CPT® 2011, significant changes were made specific to the reporting of pathology and laboratory services. This article highlights the subsections within the CPT codebook affected by the changes, including the codes that were moved from the Pathology and Laboratory section to the Digestive System subsection. Drug Testing Qualitative assays (ie, tests that detect whether a particular analyte, constituent, or condition is present or absent) are reported with the drug testing codes. Qualitative screen analysis using a multiplexed screening kit for multiple drugs or drug classes is reported...

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