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2008
New Regulations Index
CPT
2008 Update for Lab, Pathology
Codes
January
15,
2008
AFFILIATED MEDICAL SERVICES LABORATORIES, INC.
WICHITA, KANSAS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CPT
2008 Update for Lab, Pathology Codes
Below
are the new and revised codes
for laboratory and pathology
services. As of January
1, 2008, Medicare will not allow
a grace
period to accommodate coding
revisions. The rule requires
use of the medical code set that
is valid at the time the service
is provided. These codes were
obtained from the Current Procedural
Terminology CPT 2008 book published
by the American Medical Association.
Questions concerning your utilization
of the CPT codes should be addressed
with your local carrier/payer,
as coding may vary from one carrier
to another.
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| CODE |
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TEST NAME |
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CROSSWALKED TO |
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| Chemistry |
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| 80047 |
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Basic metabolic panel
(Calcium ionized) |
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ATP07+82330 |
| 82610 |
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Cystatin C |
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83883 |
| 83993 |
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Calprotectin, fecal |
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83631 (Lactoferrin, fecal;quantitative) |
| 84704 |
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Gonadotropin, chorionic
(hCG); |
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84702 (hCG quantitative) |
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Free beta chain |
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| Immunology |
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| 86356 |
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Mononuclear
cell antigen, quantitative, |
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86361
(absolute CD4 count) |
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(e.g.,
flow cytometry) not otherwise |
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specified,
each antigen |
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| Microbiology |
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| 87500 |
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Vancomycin
resistance (e.g., enterococcus |
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87641
(MRSA amplified probe) |
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species
van A, van B), amplified probe technique |
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| 87809 |
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Infectious
agent antigen detection by |
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87802
(Streptococcus B) |
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immunoassay with direct optical |
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observation;Adenovirus |
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| Deleted
Codes |
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| 86586 |
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Unlisted
antigen, each. For skin testing,
unlisted antigen, use new code 86486
payable |
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under
the physician fee schedule. For flow
cytometry, quantitative, not otherwise |
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specified,
use new code 86356 on the lab fee
schedule. |
| G0265 |
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Cryopreservation,
freeze and storage |
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| G0266 |
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Thaw
and expansion, frozen cell |
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For
a Microsoft Word hard copy version
of the CPT code updates please click
on the following link. CPT
updates 01/2008
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