New Code Accounts for Certain Additional Expenses During Public Health Emergencies

Providers,

Due to the Covid national emergency, a new CPT has emerged to help offset expenses for additional sanitary requirements needed.

99072     Additional supplies, materials, and clinical staff time over and above those usually included in an office visit or other non-facility service(s), when performed during a Public Health Emergency as defined by law, due to respiratory-transmitted infectious disease

86413     Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (Coronavirus disease [COVID-19]) antibody, quantitative

Please find more information here: https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-announces-new-cpt-codes-covid-19-advancements-expand
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