CPT 87003–87999 codes: Pathology and laboratory
This range contains 241 CPT Category I codes in the 2026 CMS fee schedule data, 2 of which carry work RVUs. Select a code to see its full RVU breakdown, Medicare status and related codes.
- CPT 87003 — Small animal inoculation
- CPT 87015 — Specimen infect agnt concntj
- CPT 87040 — Blood culture for bacteria
- CPT 87045 — Feces culture aerobic bact
- CPT 87046 — Stool cultr aerobic bact ea
- CPT 87070 — Culture othr specimn aerobic
- CPT 87071 — Culture aerobic quant other
- CPT 87073 — Culture bacteria anaerobic
- CPT 87075 — Cultr bacteria except blood
- CPT 87076 — Culture anaerobe ident each
- CPT 87077 — Culture aerobic identify
- CPT 87081 — Culture screen only
- CPT 87084 — Culture of specimen by kit
- CPT 87086 — Urine culture/colony count
- CPT 87088 — Urine bacteria culture
- CPT 87101 — Skin fungi culture
- CPT 87102 — Fungus isolation culture
- CPT 87103 — Blood fungus culture
- CPT 87106 — Fungi identification yeast
- CPT 87107 — Fungi identification mold
- CPT 87109 — Mycoplasma
- CPT 87110 — Chlamydia culture
- CPT 87116 — Mycobacteria culture
- CPT 87118 — Mycobacteric identification
- CPT 87140 — Culture type immunofluoresc
- CPT 87143 — Culture typing glc/hplc
- CPT 87147 — Culture type immunologic
- CPT 87149 — Dna/rna direct probe
- CPT 87150 — Dna/rna amplified probe
- CPT 87152 — Culture type pulse field gel
- CPT 87153 — Dna/rna sequencing
- CPT 87154 — Cul typ id bld pthgn 6+ trgt
- CPT 87158 — Culture typing added method
- CPT 87164 — Darkfield examination, specimen collection (0.36 wRVUs)
- CPT 87166 — Dark field exam w/o collj
- CPT 87168 — Macroscopic exam arthropod
- CPT 87169 — Macroscopic exam parasite
- CPT 87172 — Pinworm exam
- CPT 87176 — Tissue homogenization cultr
- CPT 87177 — Ova and parasites smears
- CPT 87181 — Sc std agar dilution per agt
- CPT 87182 — Sc std carbapenemase nzm det
- CPT 87183 — Sc std carbapenem resist gen
- CPT 87184 — Sc std disk method per plate
- CPT 87185 — Sc std enzyme detcj per nzm
- CPT 87186 — Sc std microdil/agar dil
- CPT 87187 — Sc std microdil/agar mlc
- CPT 87188 — Sc std macrobroth dil meth
- CPT 87190 — Sc std myobacteria prop meth
- CPT 87197 — Serum bactericidal titer
- CPT 87205 — Smear gram stain
- CPT 87206 — Smear fluorescent/acid stai
- CPT 87207 — Smear, primary source, with special stain for inclusion bodies (0.36 wRVUs)
- CPT 87209 — Smear complex stain
- CPT 87210 — Smear wet mount saline/ink
- CPT 87220 — Tissue exam for fungi
- CPT 87230 — Toxin/antitoxin asy tiss cul
- CPT 87250 — Virus inoculate eggs/animal
- CPT 87252 — Virus inoculation tissue
- CPT 87253 — Virus inoculate tissue addl
- CPT 87254 — Virus inoculation shell via
- CPT 87255 — Genet virus isolate hsv
- CPT 87260 — Adenovirus ag if
- CPT 87265 — Pertussis ag if
- CPT 87267 — Enterovirus antibody dfa
- CPT 87269 — Giardia ag if
- CPT 87270 — Chlamydia trachomatis ag if
- CPT 87271 — Cytomegalovirus dfa
- CPT 87272 — Cryptosporidium ag if
- CPT 87273 — Herpes simplex 2 ag if
- CPT 87274 — Herpes simplex 1 ag if
- CPT 87275 — Influenza b ag if
- CPT 87276 — Influenza a ag if
- CPT 87278 — Legion pneumophilia ag if
- CPT 87279 — Parainfluenza ag if
- CPT 87280 — Respiratory syncytial ag if
- CPT 87281 — Pneumocystis carinii ag if
- CPT 87283 — Rubeola ag if
- CPT 87285 — Treponema pallidum ag if
- CPT 87290 — Varicella zoster ag if
- CPT 87299 — Antibody detection nos if
- CPT 87300 — Ag detection polyval if
- CPT 87301 — Adenovirus ag ia
- CPT 87305 — Aspergillus ag ia
- CPT 87320 — Chlmyd trach ag ia
- CPT 87324 — Clostridium ag ia
- CPT 87327 — Cryptococcus neoform ag ia
- CPT 87328 — Cryptosporidium ag ia
- CPT 87329 — Giardia ag ia
- CPT 87332 — Cytomegalovirus ag ia
- CPT 87335 — E coli 0157 ag ia
- CPT 87336 — Entamoeb hist dispr ag ia
- CPT 87337 — Entamoeb hist group ag ia
- CPT 87338 — Hpylori stool ag ia
- CPT 87339 — H pylori ag ia
- CPT 87340 — Hepatitis b surface ag ia
- CPT 87341 — Hep b surface ag neutrlzj ia
- CPT 87350 — Hepatitis be ag ia
- CPT 87380 — Hepatitis delta agent ag ia
- CPT 87385 — Histoplasma capsul ag ia
- CPT 87389 — Hiv-1 ag w/hiv-1&-2 ab ag ia
- CPT 87390 — Hiv-1 ag ia
- CPT 87391 — Hiv-2 ag ia
- CPT 87400 — Influenza a/b each ag ia
- CPT 87420 — Resp syncytial virus ag ia
- CPT 87425 — Rotavirus ag ia
- CPT 87426 — Sarscov coronavirus ag ia
- CPT 87427 — Shiga-like toxin ag ia
- CPT 87428 — Sarscov & inf vir a&b ag ia
- CPT 87430 — Strep a ag ia
- CPT 87449 — Nos each organism ag ia
- CPT 87451 — Polyvalent mult org ea ag ia
- CPT 87467 — Hepatitis b surface ag quan
- CPT 87468 — Anaplsma phgcytophlm amp prb
- CPT 87469 — Babesia microti amp prb
- CPT 87471 — Bartonella dna amp probe
- CPT 87472 — Bartonella dna quant
- CPT 87475 — Lyme dis dna dir probe
- CPT 87476 — Lyme dis dna amp probe
- CPT 87478 — Borrelia miyamotoi amp prb
- CPT 87480 — Candida dna dir probe
- CPT 87481 — Candida dna amp probe
- CPT 87482 — Candida dna quant
- CPT 87483 — Cns dna amp probe type 12-25
- CPT 87484 — Ehrlicha chaffeensis amp prb
- CPT 87485 — Chlmyd pneum dna dir probe
- CPT 87486 — Chlmyd pneum dna amp probe
- CPT 87487 — Chlmyd pneum dna quant
- CPT 87490 — Chlmyd trach dna dir probe
- CPT 87491 — Chlmyd trach dna amp probe
- CPT 87492 — Chlmyd trach dna quant
- CPT 87493 — C diff amplified probe
- CPT 87494 — Chlmy trch&neisra gonor mult
- CPT 87495 — Cytomeg dna dir probe
- CPT 87496 — Cytomeg dna amp probe
- CPT 87497 — Cytomeg dna quant
- CPT 87498 — Enterovirus probe&revrs trns
- CPT 87500 — Vanomycin dna amp probe
- CPT 87501 — Influenza dna amp prob 1+
- CPT 87502 — Influenza dna amp probe
- CPT 87503 — Influenza dna amp prob addl
- CPT 87505 — Nfct agent detection gi
- CPT 87506 — Iadna-dna/rna probe tq 6-11
- CPT 87507 — Iadna-dna/rna probe tq 12-25
- CPT 87510 — Gardner vag dna dir probe
- CPT 87511 — Gardner vag dna amp probe
- CPT 87512 — Gardner vag dna quant
- CPT 87513 — H pylri clrthmcn rst amp prb
- CPT 87516 — Hepatitis b dna amp probe
- CPT 87517 — Hepatitis b dna quant
- CPT 87520 — Hepatitis c rna dir probe
- CPT 87521 — Hepatitis c probe&rvrs trnsc
- CPT 87522 — Hepatitis c revrs trnscrpj
- CPT 87523 — Hepatitis d quantification
- CPT 87525 — Hepatitis g dna dir probe
- CPT 87526 — Hepatitis g dna amp probe
- CPT 87527 — Hepatitis g dna quant
- CPT 87528 — Hsv dna dir probe
- CPT 87529 — Hsv dna amp probe
- CPT 87530 — Hsv dna quant
- CPT 87531 — Hhv-6 dna dir probe
- CPT 87532 — Hhv-6 dna amp probe
- CPT 87533 — Hhv-6 dna quant
- CPT 87534 — Hiv-1 dna dir probe
- CPT 87535 — Hiv-1 probe&reverse trnscrpj
- CPT 87536 — Hiv-1 quant&revrse trnscrpj
- CPT 87537 — Hiv-2 dna dir probe
- CPT 87538 — Hiv-2 probe&revrse trnscripj
- CPT 87539 — Hiv-2 quant&revrse trnscripj
- CPT 87540 — Legion pneumo dna dir prob
- CPT 87541 — Legion pneumo dna amp prob
- CPT 87542 — Legion pneumo dna quant
- CPT 87550 — Mycobacteria dna dir probe
- CPT 87551 — Mycobacteria dna amp probe
- CPT 87552 — Mycobacteria dna quant
- CPT 87555 — M.tuberculo dna dir probe
- CPT 87556 — M.tuberculo dna amp probe
- CPT 87557 — M.tuberculo dna quant
- CPT 87560 — M.avium-intra dna dir prob
- CPT 87561 — M.avium-intra dna amp prob
- CPT 87562 — M.avium-intra dna quant
- CPT 87563 — M. genitalium amp probe
- CPT 87564 — Mtb rifampin rst amp prb tq
- CPT 87580 — M.pneumon dna dir probe
- CPT 87581 — M.pneumon dna amp probe
- CPT 87582 — M.pneumon dna quant
- CPT 87590 — N.gonorrhoeae dna dir prob
- CPT 87591 — N.gonorrhoeae dna amp prob
- CPT 87592 — N.gonorrhoeae dna quant
- CPT 87593 — Orthopoxvirus amp prb each
- CPT 87594 — Pneumcysts jirovecii amp prb
- CPT 87623 — Hpv low-risk types
- CPT 87624 — Hpv hi-risk typ pooled rslt
- CPT 87625 — Hpv types 16 & 18 only
- CPT 87626 — Hpv sep hi-rsk typ&pool rslt
- CPT 87627 — Jt spc pthgn&rx rsist gen26+
- CPT 87631 — Resp virus 3-5 targets
- CPT 87632 — Resp virus 6-11 targets
- CPT 87633 — Resp virus 12-25 targets
- CPT 87634 — Rsv dna/rna amp probe
- CPT 87635 — Sars-cov-2 covid-19 amp prb
- CPT 87636 — Sarscov2 & inf a&b amp prb
- CPT 87637 — Sarscov2&inf a&b&rsv amp prb
- CPT 87640 — Staph a dna amp probe
- CPT 87641 — Mr-staph dna amp probe
- CPT 87650 — Strep a dna dir probe
- CPT 87651 — Strep a dna amp probe
- CPT 87652 — Strep a dna quant
- CPT 87653 — Strep b dna amp probe
- CPT 87660 — Trichomonas vagin dir probe
- CPT 87661 — Trichomonas vaginalis amplif
- CPT 87662 — Zika virus dna/rna amp probe
- CPT 87797 — Detect agent nos dna dir
- CPT 87798 — Detect agent nos dna amp
- CPT 87799 — Detect agent nos dna quant
- CPT 87800 — Detect agnt mult dna direc
- CPT 87801 — Detect agnt mult dna ampli
- CPT 87802 — Strep b assay w/optic
- CPT 87803 — Clostridium toxin a w/optic
- CPT 87804 — Influenza assay w/optic
- CPT 87806 — Hiv ag w/hiv1&2 antb w/optic
- CPT 87807 — Rsv assay w/optic
- CPT 87808 — Trichomonas assay w/optic
- CPT 87809 — Adenovirus assay w/optic
- CPT 87810 — Chlmyd trach assay w/optic
- CPT 87811 — Sars-cov-2 covid19 w/optic
- CPT 87812 — Sarscov2&inf typ a&b w/optic
- CPT 87850 — N. gonorrhoeae assay w/optic
- CPT 87880 — Strep a assay w/optic
- CPT 87899 — Agent nos assay w/optic
- CPT 87900 — Phenotype infect agent drug
- CPT 87901 — Nfct agt gntyp alys hiv1 rev
- CPT 87902 — Nfct agt gntyp alys hep c
- CPT 87903 — Phenotype dna hiv w/culture
- CPT 87904 — Phenotype dna hiv w/clt add
- CPT 87905 — Ia nzmtc actv oth/thn virus
- CPT 87906 — Nfct agt gntyp alys hiv1
- CPT 87910 — Nfct agt gntyp alys cmv
- CPT 87912 — Nfct agt gntyp alys hep b
- CPT 87913 — Nfct agt gntyp alys sarscov2
- CPT 87999 — Unlisted microbiology px