Data Updated for Q4 2018
CPT Code: 87491
Description: Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe technique
Status Code
X
Statutory Exclusion. These codes represent an item or service that is not in the statutory definition of “physician services” for fee schedule payment purposes. No RVUS or payment amounts are shown for these codes,
Global Days
XXX
The global concept does not apply to the code.
Medicare RUVs and Fees
Work RVU – 0.00
Malpractice RVU – 0.00
Facility RVU – 0.00
Non-Facility RVU – 0.00
Facility Total RVU – 0.00
Non-Facility Total RVU – 0.00
Medicare National Facility Total Payment – $0
Medicare National Non-Facility Total Payment – $0
Bundling Information
Includes
80500, 80502, 81400, 81401, 81402, 81403, 81404, 81405, 81406, 81407, 81408, 83890, 83891, 83892, 83893, 83894, 83896, 83897, 83898, 83900, 83901, 83902, 83907, 83908, 83909, 83912, 83913
Included In
0008U, 0010U, 0016U, 0017U, 0027U, 0028U, 0029U, 0030U, 0034U, 81105, 81106, 81107, 81108, 81109, 81110, 81111, 81112, 81120, 81121, 81161, 81162, 81170, 81175, 81176, 81200, 81201, 81202, 81203, 81205, 81206, 81207, 81208, 81209, 81210, 81211, 81212, 81213, 81214, 81215, 81216, 81217, 81218, 81219, 81220, 81221, 81222, 81223, 81224, 81225, 81226, 81227, 81228, 81229, 81230, 81231, 81232, 81235, 81238, 81240, 81241, 81242, 81243, 81244, 81245, 81246, 81247, 81248, 81249, 81250, 81251, 81252, 81253, 81254, 81255, 81256, 81257, 81258, 81259, 81260, 81261, 81262, 81263, 81264, 81265, 81266, 81267, 81268, 81269, 81270, 81272, 81273, 81275, 81276, 81280, 81281, 81282, 81283, 81287, 81288, 81290, 81291, 81292, 81293, 81294, 81295, 81296, 81297, 81298, 81299, 81300, 81301, 81302, 81303, 81304, 81310, 81311, 81313, 81314, 81315, 81316, 81317, 81318, 81319, 81321, 81322, 81323, 81324, 81325, 81326, 81327, 81328, 81330, 81331, 81332, 81334, 81335, 81340, 81341, 81342, 81346, 81350, 81355, 81361, 81362, 81363, 81364, 81370, 81371, 81372, 81373, 81374, 81375, 81376, 81377, 81378, 81379, 81380, 81381, 81382, 81383, 87253, 87801
Mutually Exclusive
87149, 87150, 87153, 87270, 87320, 87490, 87810
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Related CPT Codes
| CPT Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 87400 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]) qualitative or semiquantitative, multiple-step method; Influenza, A or B, each |
| 87400 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]) qualitative or semiquantitative, multiple-step method; Influenza, A or B, each |
| 87420 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]) qualitative or semiquantitative, multiple-step method; respiratory syncytial virus |
| 87425 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]) qualitative or semiquantitative, multiple-step method; rotavirus |
| 87427 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]) qualitative or semiquantitative, multiple-step method; Shiga-like toxin |
| 87430 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]) qualitative or semiquantitative, multiple-step method; Streptococcus, group A |
| 87449 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]), qualitative or semiquantitative; multiple-step method, not otherwise specified, each organism |
| 87450 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]), qualitative or semiquantitative; single step method, not otherwise specified, each organism |
| 87451 | Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay technique, (eg, enzyme immunoassay [EIA], enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA], immunochemiluminometric assay [IMCA]), qualitative or semiquantitative; multiple step method, polyvalent for multiple organisms, each polyvalent antiserum |
| 87471 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana, amplified probe technique |
| 87472 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana, quantification |
| 87475 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Borrelia burgdorferi, direct probe technique |
| 87476 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Borrelia burgdorferi, amplified probe technique |
| 87480 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Candida species, direct probe technique |
| 87481 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Candida species, amplified probe technique |
| 87482 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Candida species, quantification |
| 87483 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); central nervous system pathogen (eg, Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Listeria, Haemophilus influenzae, E. coli, Streptococcus agalactiae, enterovirus, human parechovirus, herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2, human herpesvirus 6, cytomegalovirus, varicella zoster virus, Cryptococcus), includes multiplex reverse transcription, when performed, and multiplex amplified probe technique, multiple types or subtypes, 12-25 targets |
| 87485 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Chlamydia pneumoniae, direct probe technique |
| 87486 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Chlamydia pneumoniae, amplified probe technique |
| 87487 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Chlamydia pneumoniae, quantification |
| 87490 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Chlamydia trachomatis, direct probe technique |
| 87491 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe technique |
| 87492 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Chlamydia trachomatis, quantification |
| 87493 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); Clostridium difficile, toxin gene(s), amplified probe technique |
| 87495 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); cytomegalovirus, direct probe technique |
| 87496 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); cytomegalovirus, amplified probe technique |
| 87497 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); cytomegalovirus, quantification |
| 87498 | Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); enterovirus, amplified probe technique, includes reverse transcription when performed |
