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CPT Article Index by Topic
Date-only listings reference “Your CPT Questions” column in CAP TODAY

Updated July 24, 2005

Cytology
Topic	Article(s)
88106/88107/88108	August 2000; August 2004
88160 “any other source”	October 1999; December 1999; February 2001; October 2002
Concentration techniques (88108)	February 2002; February 2004
Flow Cytometry	February 2005
FNA	Cracking the code: advice for CPT dilemmas; October 1999; October 2000; February 2002; June 2002; February 2004; February 2005; April 2005
Molecular cytogenetics	March 2002
Pap smears	New use for CPT 80500; Q&A - Pap smear; New screening codes for Pap smears; HCFA scuttles site-of-service Pap smear plan; Pap test codes and QA; AutoCyte Prep approved; Code clarification; August 1999; June 2000; December 2001; February 2002; August 2002; April 2004; October 2004

Surgical Pathology
Topic	Article(s)
Bone marrow procedures/specimens	October 1999; April 2002; April 2003
Breast specimens	Codes clarified for breast excision; June 2003
Colectomy	December 2004
Complex specimens and radical procedures	Cracking the code: advice for CPT dilemmas
Consultations (88321 - 88325)	Cracking the code: advice for CPT dilemmas; April 2001; October 2001; December 2002
Electron microscopy	June 2002
Frozen section	April 2003
Human papillomavirus	October 2003
Hysterectomy	October 2003
Immunohistochemistry	April 2004; June 2004
LEEPs—multiple part	Cracking the code: advice for CPT dilemmas
Lobectomy	December 2003
Lymph nodes	Lymph node dissection; Cracking the code: advice for CPT dilemmas; February 2001; August 2001
Modifiers	Cracking the code: advice for CPT dilemmas; February 2000; October 2000; June 2002
Prostate cancer screening	Prostate cancer screening claims and codes
Sinus mucosal strippings	October 2001
Skin	April 2000
Stains—special and immunohistochemical	Cracking the code: advice for CPT dilemmas; April 2000; June 2000; December 2000; October 2002; August 2004
Thyroid	June 2004
Tissue in situ hybridization	June 2000; April 2002; October 2003
Tonsils and adenoids	February 2000
Twin placentas	Cracking the code: advice for CPT dilemmas
“Upcoding”	Cracking the code: advice for CPT dilemmas
Uterus, tubes and ovaries	Cracking the code: advice for CPT dilemmas
Vas Deferens and Fallopian Tubes	February 2003

Clinical Pathology
Topic	Article(s)
Bacterial cultures	June 2001; August 2001
Consultations (80500-80502)	April 2005
Drug screening	August 2000
Influenza A & B	April 2001
Molecular diagnostics	December 2001; December 2004
Protein	June 2001
Troponin	Troponin billing issues
Tzanck smear	October 2002

Other services
Topic	Article(s)
99000	December 2000
Archived specimens	October 2004
Apheresis	Autologous,apheresis services: coding for payment; December 2002
CPT Category III Codes	February 2003
Modifier –59	August 2004
Services performed outside the U.S.	August 2002
Unsatisfactory specimens	December 2003
X-ray of surgical specimen	June 2003



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