AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 1 (January)

Uveal Melanoma (UM) Genetic Expression Profiling Code (January 2020)

January 2020 page 10 Uveal Melanoma (UM) Genetic Expression Profiling Code For the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2020 code set, the Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) subsection code 0081U was converted to a new Category I CPT code (81552) in the Multianalyte Assays with Algorithmic Analyses (MAAA) subsection to report mRNA analysis of 15 genes, including profiling and a calculated risk score for uveal melanoma (UM) metastasis. This article provides a brief overview of this procedure. Multianalyte Assays with Algorithmic Analyses  81552Oncology (uveal melanoma), mRNA, gene expression profiling by real-time RT-PCR of 15 genes (12 content and 3 housekeeping)...

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