CPT procedure code

88381

Medicare payment

$187.71

2026 Physician Fee Schedule · non-facility

Source: CMS Physician Fee Schedule (PPRRVU 2026). CMS fee schedules ↗ · PFS status indicator A

National amount before geographic adjustment. Your MAC's locality rate will differ.

Code definition

Code

88381

Code system

CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)

This CPT code is not in our curated reference. CPT codes are maintained by the American Medical Association (AMA). Full descriptions require an AMA license.

Policy activity for CPT 88381

CLV Intelligence is tracking 1 policy change that cite CPT 88381 most recently on 2026-06-05, drawn from 1 proposed LCD. The changes span Oncology. 1 is flagged critical or high priority.

proposed LCD: 1

Counts reflect the source documents CLV has matched to CPT 88381 to date; each links to the government publication that is authoritative. Monitored daily from CMS, the Federal Register, and Medicare Administrative Contractor publications.

Policy changes matched to 88381

Matched to this code by CLV analysis of each policy. The linked source document is authoritative.

Proposed LCD DL39927: MolDX: Non-Next Generation Sequencing Tests for the Diagnosis of BCR-ABL Negative Myeloproliferative Neoplasms — Noridian

Oncology · LCD-DL39927

Government source· CMS / MACverify ↗

High

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Related CPT codes (883xx)

88300Pathology

Surgical pathology, gross examination only, Level I

88302Pathology

Surgical pathology, gross and micro exam, Level II

88304Pathology

Surgical pathology, gross and micro exam, Level III

88305Pathology

Surgical pathology, gross and micro exam, Level IV

88307Pathology

Surgical pathology, gross and micro exam, Level V