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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