{"id":1188,"date":"2020-05-08T18:18:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T18:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2020-05-19T16:34:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T16:34:21","slug":"covid-19-influenza-and-rsv-clinical-diagnostic-laboratory-tests-for-which-medicare-does-not-require-a-practitioner-order-during-the-phe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/covid-19-influenza-and-rsv-clinical-diagnostic-laboratory-tests-for-which-medicare-does-not-require-a-practitioner-order-during-the-phe\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests for which Medicare Does Not Require a Practitioner Order During the PHE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CPT\/HCPCS<br>\nCode Laboratory Code Long Descriptor Code Category<br>\nCOVID-19 Related Codes<br>\nU0001 CDC 2019-nCoV Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel COVID-19<br>\nU0002<br>\n2019-nCoV Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2\/2019-nCoV (COVID-19), any technique, multiple types or<br>\nsubtypes (includes all targets), non-CDC)<br>\nCOVID-19<br>\nU0003<br>\nInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); severe acute respiratory syndrome<br>\ncoronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), 2 amplified probe technique, making<br>\nuse of high throughput technologies as described by CMS-2020-01-R<br>\nCOVID-19<br>\nU0004<br>\n2019-nCoV Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2\/2019-nCoV (COVID-19), any technique, multiple types or<br>\nsubtypes (includes all targets), non-CDC, making use of high throughput technologies as described by<br>\nCMS-2020-01-R<br>\nCOVID-19<br>\n87635<br>\nInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); severe acute respiratory syndrome<br>\ncoronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), amplified probe technique<br>\nCOVID-19<br>\n86769<br>\nAntibody; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease<br>\n[COVID-19])<br>\nCOVID-19<br>\n86328<br>\nImmunoassay for infectious agent antibody(ies), qualitative or semiquantitative, single step method<br>\n(eg, reagent strip); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus<br>\ndisease [COVID-19])<br>\nCOVID-19<br>\nInfluenza\/RSV Related Codes<br>\n87275 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunofluorescent technique; influenza B virus Influenza\/RSV<br>\n87276 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunofluorescent technique; influenza A virus Influenza\/RSV<br>\n87279 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunofluorescent technique; Parainfluenza virus, each type Influenza\/RSV<br>\n1<br>\n04\/30\/2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CPT\/HCPCS<br>\nCode Laboratory Code Long Descriptor Code Category<br>\nCOVID-19 Related Codes<br>\n87400<br>\nInfectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA],<br>\nenzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]) qualitative<br>\nor semiquantitative, multiple-step method; Influenza, A or B, each<br>\nInfluenza\/RSV<br>\n87501<br>\nInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); influenza virus, includes reverse<br>\ntranscription, when performed, and amplified probe technique, each type or subtype<br>\nInfluenza\/RSV<br>\n87502<br>\nInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe<br>\ntechnique, first 2 types or sub-types<br>\nInfluenza\/RSV<br>\n87503<br>\nInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); influenza virus, for multiple types or subtypes, includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe<br>\ntechnique, each additional influenza virus type or sub-type beyond 2 (List separately in addition to<br>\ncode for primary procedure)<br>\nInfluenza\/RSV<br>\n87631<br>\nInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory virus (eg, adenovirus, influenza<br>\nvirus, coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus),<br>\nincludes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique,<br>\nmultiple types or subtypes, 3-5 targets<br>\nInfluenza\/RSV<br>\n87632<br>\nInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory virus (eg, adenovirus, influenza<br>\nvirus, coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus),<br>\nincludes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique,<br>\nmultiple types or subtypes, 6-11 targets<br>\nInfluenza\/RSV<br>\n87633<br>\nInfectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory virus (eg, adenovirus, influenza<br>\nvirus, coronavirus, metapneumovirus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus),<br>\nincludes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique,<br>\nmultiple types or subtypes, 12-25 targets<br>\nInfluenza\/RSV<br>\n87804 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical observation; Influenza Influenza\/RSV<br>\n87280 Infectious agent antigen detection by immunofluorescent technique; respiratory syncytial virus Influenza\/RSV<br>\n04\/30\/2020 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CPT\/HCPCS<br> Code Laboratory Code Long Descriptor Code Category<br> COVID-19 Related Codes<br> 87420<br> Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA],<br> enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]) qualitative<br> or semiquantitative, multiple-step method; respiratory syncytial virus<br> Influenza\/RSV<br> 87634<br> Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); respiratory syncytial virus, amplified probe<br> technique<br> Influenza\/RSV<br> 87807<br> Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical observation; respiratory<br> syncytial virus<br> Influenza\/RSV  Source: www.cms.gov <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CPT\/HCPCS Code Laboratory Code Long Descriptor Code Category COVID-19 Related Codes U0001 CDC 2019-nCoV Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel COVID-19 U0002 2019-nCoV Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2\/2019-nCoV (COVID-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-CDC) COVID-19 U0003 Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1190,"href":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions\/1190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ircmhealth.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}