New CPT codes cover multivirus tests to detect COVID-19, flu
The AMA recently announced updates to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set that include new codes and editorial revisions for reporting medical services used in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Two of the new codes report nucleic acid assays that allow a single test to detect the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and the flu, the AMA said. READ MORE >>