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New PLA Code:

Greet 0202U for Respiratory Panel That Includes SARS-Cov-2

Published on Wed Jun 10, 2020

Mesh use with existing test codes. In an off-cycle move, the AMA issued a new Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) code for a respiratory panel test that includes detection of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID 19. Effective May 20, the new code is 0202U (Infectious disease (bacterial or viral respiratory tract infection), pathogen-specific nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), 22 targets [...]
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