New CPT codes released for COVID-19 testing, including simultaneous flu tests
The American Medical Association today released for immediate use Current Procedural Terminology codes for reporting on medical claims two laboratory tests (87636 and 87637) that simultaneously detect the COVID-19 virus, influenza A/B and respiratory syncytial virus.
The association also released CPT codes for two antigen tests for the COVID-19 virus (87426 and 87811), and revised the code descriptors for CPT codes 87301-87430 to clarify proper reporting for antigen tests read by a machine. For more on the new codes and other recent changes to the CPT code set, see the latest CPT coding guidance.
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