For years, debate around endoscopic spine surgery centered on whether the technique was ready for broad adoption. Questions about safety, durability, and outcomes dominated discussions among surgeons, ...
The American Medical Association (AMA) is moving forward to approve a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code for reporting novel coronavirus tests. Approval of a new CPT code that will allow ...
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced new CPT codes for multi-virus tests used to detect COVID-19 and flu with a single test. The AMA update was published to the Current Procedural ...
The American Medical Association updated its Current Procedural Terminology set to include updates to coding for tests that detect influenza and COVID-19. 87636: “Infectious agent detection by nucleic ...
Notably, Medicare pays only for laboratory tests categorized as waived complexity under CLIA in facilities with a CLIA certificate of waiver. CMS on July 24 released Transmittal 10230 to inform ...