Latest Updates for Coding Conditions Related to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
In addition to the two new HCPCS codes that are effective February 4, 2020 (U0001 and U0002), the CPT® Editorial Panel of the American Medical Association (AMA)1 released a new CPT® code to capture testing for COVID-19. The new code, 87635, Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), amplified probe technique, is effective as of March 13, 2020, and will be published in the CPT® 2021 book.
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