AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 8 (August)

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Laboratory Testing (August 2020)

August 2020 Special Edition Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Laboratory Testing There is precedence for the American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT ®) Editorial Panel immediately releasing CPT codes when an emergent issue arises. Due to the coronarvirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, this mechanism was used in the spring of 2020 to approve, revise, and release several CPT Category I codes. In addition, new proprietary laboratory analyses (PLA) codes were approved in May 2020 and June 2020. The following table outlines the changes that were published on the AMA’s website, and effective immediately following final approval by...

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