AMA CPT® Assistant - 2020 Issue 10 (October)
New Molecular Testing Code for Prostate Cancer (October 2020)
October 2020 page 8 New Molecular Testing Code for Prostate Cancer In the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) 2020 code set, a new Category I code (81542) was established in the Multianalyte Assays with Algorithmic Analyses (MAAA) subsection to report mRNA analysis of 22 content genes, including profiling and creation of a calculated risk score for prostate cancer metastasis (Decipher® Prostate test). Previously, this test was reported with code 81479, Unlisted molecular pathology procedure. This article provides a brief overview of this new code. Multianalyte Assays with Algorithmic Analyses 81542Oncology (prostate), mRNA, microarray gene expression profiling of 22 content...
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