COVID-19 Proprietary Laboratory Analyses Codes

May 6, 2021 10:20 pm

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S. No. Proprietary Name and Clinical Laboratory or Manufacturer Code Description Additional information Effective date
1 "BioFire® Respiratory Panel 2.1 (RP2.1), BioFire® Diagnostics, BioFire® Diagnostics, LLC " 0202U "Infectious disease (bacterial or viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), 22 targets including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), qualitative RT-PCR, nasopharyngeal swab, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected" "(For additional PLA code with identical clinical descriptor, see 0223U. See Appendix O or the most current listing on the AMA CPT website to determine appropriate code assignment)" "May 20, 2020"
2 QIAstat-Dx Respiratory SARS CoV-2 Panel, QIAGEN Sciences, QIAGEN GmbH 0223U "Infectious disease (bacterial or viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), 22 targets including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), qualitative RT-PCR, nasopharyngeal swab, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected." "For additional PLA code with identical clinical descriptor, see 0202U. See Appendix O or the most current listing on the AMA CPT website to determine appropriate code assignment" "June 25, 2020 "
3 "COVID-19 Antibody Test, Mt Sinai, Mount Sinai Laboratory " 0224U "Antibody, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), includes titer(s), when performed" "Do not report 0224U in conjunction with 86769" "June 25, 2020 "
4 ePlex® Respiratory Pathogen Panel 2, GenMark Dx, GenMark Diagnostics, Inc 0225U "Infectious disease (bacterial or viral respiratory tract infection) pathogen-specific DNA and RNA, 21 targets, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2)" "Amplified probe technique, including multiplex reverse transcription for RNA targets, each analyte reported as detected or not detected " "August 10, 2020 "
5 Tru-Immune™, Ethos Laboratories, GenScript® USA Inc 0226U Surrogate viral neutralization test (sVNT) "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), ELISA, plasma, serum" "August 10, 2020 "
6 Xpert® Xpress SARSCoV-2/Flu/RSV (SARS-CoV-2 & Flu targets only), Cepheid 0240U "Infectious disease (viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific RNA, 3 targets (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2]" Influenza A, influenza B), upper respiratory specimen, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected "October 6, 2020 "
7 Xpert® Xpress SARSCoV-2/Flu/RSV (all targets), Cepheid 0241U Infectious disease (viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific RNA, 4 targets (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2] "Influenza A, influenza B, respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]), upper respiratory specimen, each pathogen reported as detected or not detected. " "October 6, 2020 "
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