CPT Updates
ASHI is pleased to provide this CPT informational page for the convenience and education of the HLA community. Please be aware that sometimes the links may have vendor or third party associations which ASHI neither supports nor promotes. Registration may be required for access to related articles. ASHI is not responsible for emails received from the vendor or third party.
The CPT codes discussed at the February CPT meeting and the action taken by the CPT panel are posted on the AMA website at
http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cpt/summary-of-panel-actions-feb2012.pdf
See Tab#42.
The actual codes will be published in CPT 2013 and will become effective January 1, 2013. The text of the codes is confidential and cannot be distributed.
Per the AMA :
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Please be aware that these actions are a reflection of the discussions at the most recent Panel meeting. Future Panel actions may impact these items. Codes are not assigned, nor exact wording finalized, until just prior to publication. Release of this more specific CPT ®code set information is timed with the release of the entire set of coding changes in the CPT publication. |
Presentation from the Pathology and Laboratory representative to the AMA CPT panel at the CPT® and RBRVS 2013 Annual Symposium. There is general information as well as specific information regarding the HLA molecular codes.
http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cpt/12-2011-path-lab.pdf
History of the Molecular pathology working group :
http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cpt/molecular-pathology-coding-workgroup.pdf
Update of MPWG activity from the Oct 2011 CPT meeting
http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cpt/mpwg-workgroup-oct2011.pdf
Update of MPWG activityfrom the Feb 2012 CPT meeting. (not much HLA, but process for adding new molecular codes like KIR is discussed.)
http://www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/cpt/mpwg-workgroup-0212-final.pdf