CPT Knowledgebase - Jun 12, 2015

Should code 87620 (DELETED IN 2015), Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); papillomavirus, human, direct probe technique, be reported when a human papillomavirus assay is performed by nucleic acid direct probe technique using an analyte specific reagent (ASR), or is this code only intended to identify this assay when an FDA-approved assay kit is used?

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