Header: Months ahead of each CPT meeting, AMA publishes for comment the lab test agenda.
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Months ahead of each CPT meeting, and before other codes, AMA publishes for comment the lab test agenda. Find it here:
https://www.ama-assn.org/about/events/cpt-editorial-panel-meeting#agenda
https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/may-2024-lab-mopath-agenda.pdf
If you want to comment:
Read the PDF. You must request a code of interest by February 29, and submit your comment by March 4.
In brief, lab codes are:
- MAAA code / bacterial vaginosis.
- CPT code - Neurofilament light chain
- CPT code - Pneumocyst. Jirovecii PCR
- CPT code - Optical genome mapping OGM
- CPT code - Cell enrichment by beads (for FISH)
- 0500T > CPT Code - HPV genotyping
- CPT code - Strep Ab
- CPT code - cytokine panel
- CPT code - Revise carrier genetic testing (81412, 81433)
- CPT code - Revise cancer risk panels (81432, 81435, others)
Under #10, there are current cancer risk panels for HBOC (e.g. BRCA et al.) and Lynch (most often colorectal risk). Those panels look to be revised, plus a new pan cancer panel 81X01.
The OGM code should help Bionano, which has had growing revenues but just laid off 30% of staff.
The meeting will be May 9-11, 2024, in Chicago, both in person and virtual. It looks like regular (non lab) CPT codes open for comment on March 1, 2024. "Summary of Panel Actions" from the prior meeting a few weeks ago in San Diego, should appear by early March, but here.
AMA CPT comment portal:
