Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

Save this handy chart for future reference throughout the coming year.

An overview can be worth 1,000 words when you’re trying to understand a host of complex changes. Study the following chart to make sure you can put the CPT® 2015 changes in context as you implement the new and revised codes for your lab.

For instance: Looking at the big picture, you can see that a new drug test coding paradigm involves deleting scores of codes from the current CPT® sections for drug screening, therapeutic drug assays, and chemistry. The new drug test coding structure also involves adding two new CPT® sections: one for presumptive drug screening and one for definitive drug testing.

See “Prepare for Nearly 90 New, Revised or Deleted Lab Codes” on the first page of this issue to read more about the other changes shown in this table.