Tests

CDC and CLIA  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently has the responsibility for test categorization under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA).

• The full CDC test categorization can be downloaded from the CDC's CLIA Internet Site at http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/clia/
• Current List of Waived Tests www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfClia/analyteswaived.cfm

• FDA CLIA Test Complexity Database www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCLIA/search.cfm  

Provider Performed Microscopy (PPM) Requirements  

• For requirements and criteria, click here.

PPM CPT Codes

• For Provider Performed Microscopy CPT Codes, click here.

AMA

• The New 2002 CPT professional code book from the AMA is available. For more information, go to www.hcfa-1500-forms.com/coding-books/cpt-professional.html