News in brief COVID-19 testing codes CMS has adopted two new HCPCS codes that should be used for COVID-19 testing. March 17, 2020Tuesday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics COVID-19 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has adopted two new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes that should be used for COVID-19 testing. U0001 – 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel should be used when specimens are sent to the CDC and CDC-approved local/state health department laboratories. U0002 – 2019-nCoV Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV (COVID-19), any technique, multiple types or subtypes (includes all targets), non-CDC should be used when specimens are sent to commercial laboratories, e.g. Quest or LabCorp, and not to the CDC or CDC-approved local/state health department laboratories. For more information and future updates, visit the CMS website and its recently issued FAQ. To view a more comprehensive list of COVID-19 codes, visit the Aetna website. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleCOVID-19: DO spearheads project to provide docs with the latest updates Next articleCOVID-19 updates: The U.S. socially isolates as pandemic spreads
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