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CodeMap Compliance Briefing: 4/9/2004

Editor's Welcome

This is the second of a series of briefings on genetic testing codes.  This week we will cover coding for infectious agent tests that are reported using molecular diagnostic, molecular cytogenetic and other new CPT codes.  As always, please give us your feed back and we will endeavor to answer your questions either individually or in upcoming CodeMap Compliance Briefings.

Infectious Agent Antigen Detection Using Molecular Diagnostic Techniques

A lengthy series of CPT codes (87470 - 87652) are listed in the Microbiology section of the CPT for the detection of the following organisms by nucleic acid techniques:

Bartonella henselae and Quintana
Borrelia burgdorferi
Candida species
Chlamydia pneumoniae 
Chlamydia trachomatis
Cytomegalovirus
Gardnerella vaginalis
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis G
Herpes simplex
Herpes virus-6
HIV-1
HIV-2
Legionella pneumophila
Mycobacteria species

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