Header: Tab 94 for the next AMA CPT Editorial Meeting proposes massive revisions to the code change application (CCA) for laboratory/pathology services. You may want to track - and you can!
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See the webpage for the AMA CPT September 17-18 meeting here.
See the public agenda here. Tab 94, code change application (for the laboratory-pathology Category I, III codes).
The request deadline for pathology issues and also for non-pathology issues is September 16, although the comment deadline was August 10 for non pathology issues and in July for pathology issues. (Here).
Late-Breaking September 4 Updates!
- An updated revision to Tab 94, called "Ballot C," was posted by AMA on September 4.
- Also, AMA announced a 7 am meeting on September 17 to discuss the Path-Lab CPT application changes.
I Can't Explain, But I Can Hint at the Importance
The changes to pathology-laboratory code applications are LARGE and IMPORTANT. They are nearly impossible to read, due to the heavy layers of markeup. I made a very clear and clean AI version of the changes, with useful annotations, but I don't believe it can be circulated.
However, here below is the header about the changes, as found in the AI document I can't circulate: Click to enlarge. While you can't get "this" (my 16 page insightful AI pdf) you can get the (hard to read) Ballot C from AMA until September 16, by following instructions in the meeting agenda pdf.
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According to AI, change topics at Ballot C include:
