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2012
New Regulations Index
CPT
2012 Update for Lab, Pathology
Codes
December
31, 2011
AFFILIATED MEDICAL SERVICES LABORATORIES, INC.
Effective January 1, 2012
CPT
2012 Update for Lab, Pathology Codes
Below
are the new and revised codes
for laboratory and pathology
services. As of January
1, 2012, 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 2012 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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New CPT Lab
Codes for 2012 Medicare Lab Fee Schedule
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Molecular
Pathology Codes
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81200-81408
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New
Molecular Pathology Codes. Medicare
requests that Molecular procedures
reflect both the existing CPT stacked
test codes & new single CPT code. |
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| Immunology |
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86386
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Nuclear
Matrix Protein 22 (NMP22), qualitative |
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| 86703 |
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HIV-1
and HIV-2, single result |
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Microbiology
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87389
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HIV-antigen,
with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies |
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Revised
Surgical Pathology CPT Codes
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| 88312 |
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Special
stains including interpretation and
report: Group 1 for microorganisms
(e.g. acid fast, methenamine silver) |
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Group
II, all other (eg. iron, trichrome),
except stain for microorganisms,
stains for enzyme constituents or
immuncytochemistry and immunohistochemistry |
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88314
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Histochemical
stain on frozen tissue block (List
separately in addition to code for
primary procedure) |
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87906
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Infectious
agent genotype analysis by nucleic
acid (DNA or RNA); HIV-1, other region
(e.g., integrase, fusion) |
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Deleted
CPT Codes
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88107
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Cytopathology
smears and simple filter preparation
with interpretation |
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| 88318 |
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Determinative
histochemistry to identify chemical
components (e.g. copper, zinc) |
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For
a Microsoft Word hard copy version
of the CPT code updates please click
on the following link. CPT
updates 01/2012
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