AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 6 (June)

PLA Codes Update (June 2020)

June 2020 pages 11-12 PLA Codes Update The Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) subsection within the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set is a dynamic section in terms of the development of new codes. The quarterly publication of new PLA codes continues to grow, which includes multianalyte assays with algorithmic analyses, genomic sequencing procedures, molecular pathology procedures, various immunoassays, and other types of laboratory testing. More information, including the most recent listing of approved PLA codes, is available at the AMA’s dedicated website at https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/cpt/cpt-pla-codes. Although 75 new PLA codes were established for the 2020 code set...

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