AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 6 (June)

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

June 2020 page 0 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2) Laboratory Testing As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues and responses to the disease continue to evolve, the American Medical Association (AMA) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) Editorial Panel convened a special meeting to approve additional codes specific to laboratory testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]). To address the ongoing clinical need to report testing, the CPT Editorial Panel has added one new Category I code (87426) to provide increased specificity for reporting immunoassay antigen testing and two new proprietary laboratory analyses...

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