RevCycle Intelligence May 20, 2020
Jacqueline LaPointe

Medicare payment rates for CPT codes 87635, 86769, and 86328 range from $42.13 to $51.31, CMS recently announced.

CMS recently revealed how much it will pay for new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes developed by the American Medical Association (AMA) for COVID-19 diagnostic tests.

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On May 19, the federal agency updated guidance to include Medicare payment details for CPT codes 87635, 86769, and 86328, which can be used by healthcare providers and laboratories to bill payers for testing patients for SARS-CoV2. Medicare will pay $51.31, $42.13, and $45.23, respectively, for the codes.

The guidance previously detailed Medicare payment rates for Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System...

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