This change will take effect on January 1, 2016
Effective January 1, 2016, the American Medical Association (AMA) will introduce numerous changes to current procedural terminology (CPT) codes that include 11 deleted codes, 28 new codes and 50 revised codes. As a result, a new Obstetrics panel that includes HIV testing will be added and will require the use of CPT code 80081. In order to bill this code all components of the panel must be performed. The added service for this new panel includes HIV-1 antigen(s), with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies, single result (87389).
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