CPT 0600U: FidaLab Molecular Wound Infection PCR Panel

CPT code 0600U is a Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) code for the FidaLab Molecular Wound Infection Test by FidaLab LLC, a real-time PCR molecular diagnostic that analyzes a wound swab sample to detect genetic material from up to 65 bacteria, fungi, and other organisms and to identify 30 antibiotic resistance genes, with each organism reported as positive or negative; service type: molecular diagnostic infectious disease testing using PCR; typical site of service: clinical laboratory or hospital laboratory processing wound swab specimens.

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Clinical & Coding Specifications

Clinical Context

A typical patient is a 58-year-old with a non-healing diabetic foot ulcer who presents to a wound care clinic for evaluation after empiric antibiotics fail to improve wound appearance. The clinician obtains a wound swab during the same visit and orders a molecular diagnostic test, the FidaLab Molecular Wound Infection Test (0600U), to rapidly identify bacterial, fungal, and other organisms and detect antibiotic resistance genes. The workflow: history and wound assessment by a podiatrist or wound care specialist; wound cleaning and sample collection using a standardized swab technique; specimen sent to FidaLab for real-time PCR analysis; laboratory returns a report listing each of 65 organisms as positive/negative and presence or absence of 30 resistance genes; clinician reviews results to inform targeted antimicrobial therapy, debridement planning, and referral if unusual pathogens or resistance patterns are identified. Typical sites of service include outpatient wound care clinics, podiatry clinics, dermatology clinics, infectious disease clinics, urgent care centers, and hospital outpatient laboratories. The service type is a proprietary molecular diagnostic laboratory test (Proprietary Laboratory Analyses - PLA).

Related CPT Codes

CPT Code	Description	Relationship to This Procedure
`0600U`	FidaLab Molecular Wound Infection Test — real-time PCR for 65 organisms and 30 resistance genes (PLA)	This is the PLA code that uniquely identifies the molecular wound infection assay performed by FidaLab; primary test code for the service.
`87070`	Culture, bacterial, any source, other than blood, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates	Often ordered when culture is desired alongside molecular testing to obtain isolates for susceptibility testing and epidemiology.
`87075`	Culture, bacterial, any source, aerobic and anaerobic with isolation and presumptive identification	Used when both aerobic and anaerobic cultures are simultaneously ordered for more comprehensive microbiology.
`87210`	Smear, primary source with interpretation; Gram or Giemsa staining	Performed at point of care or laboratory to provide rapid preliminary organism information before molecular results.
`87631`	Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (e.g., PCR), multiple organisms (e.g., respiratory panel)	Represents other multiplex PCR panels that may be ordered for differential diagnosis; conceptually related method but not substitutable for a PLA-specific code.
`36415`	Collection of venous blood by venipuncture	May be performed if concurrent blood cultures or labs are required during the same visit for systemic infection evaluation.

Related Modifiers

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Modifier	Description	When to Use
26	Modifier 26 (Professional Component) identifies and bills only the professional portion of a split service — the physician’s interpretation, report, and medical judgment — when the technical…	- Use CPT Modifier -26 when you are billing only the professional component (PC) of a split‑bill eligible service—i.e., you performed the physician interpretation, medical judgment and prepared a…
59	Modifier 59 indicates a distinct procedural service when two procedures that are not normally billed together are clinically and procedurally separate. The CPT definition (as reiterated by CMS)…	- Use modifier -59 to report a distinct procedural service when documentation supports that the procedure reported is not normally billed together with another service on the same day because of a…
90	Modifier ‑90 (Reference/Outside Laboratory) indicates that a laboratory test was performed by an entity other than the treating or reporting provider. The American Medical Association defines…	- Use CPT modifier -90 when a laboratory test is performed by an outside/reference laboratory (an entity other than the treating or reporting physician or qualified professional) and the claim needs…
91	Modifier 91 — “Repeat Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test” — is appended when the exact same CPT laboratory test is performed more than once for the same patient on the same day because serial,…	- Use modifier 91 when the exact same CPT laboratory test is performed more than once on the same patient on the same date because serial or repeated testing is medically necessary to monitor…
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Related Provider Taxonomies

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207T00000X	Neurological Surgery Physician	A neurological surgeon provides the operative and non-operative management (i.e., prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, critical care, and reh…
208000000X	Pediatrics Physician	A pediatrician is concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Care encompasses a broad spectru…
207R00000X	Internal Medicine Physician	A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults…
207L00000X	Anesthesiology Physician	An anesthesiologist is trained to provide pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following an opera…
261QP2400X	Prison Health Clinic/Center	Ambulatory Health Care Facilities · Clinic/Center
163WM0102X	Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse	Nursing Service Providers · Registered Nurse
2865M2000X	Military General Acute Care Hospital	A Department of Defense (DoD) health care organization furnishing inpatient care 24 hours per day in "fixed" facilities, primarily for DoD beneficiari…
385H00000X	Respite Care	Respite Care Facility · Respite Care

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Frequently Asked Questions

References

1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.

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Clinical & Coding Specifications

Clinical Context

Related CPT Codes

CPT Code	Description	Relationship to This Procedure
`0600U`	FidaLab Molecular Wound Infection Test — real-time PCR for 65 organisms and 30 resistance genes (PLA)	This is the PLA code that uniquely identifies the molecular wound infection assay performed by FidaLab; primary test code for the service.
`87070`	Culture, bacterial, any source, other than blood, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates	Often ordered when culture is desired alongside molecular testing to obtain isolates for susceptibility testing and epidemiology.
`87075`	Culture, bacterial, any source, aerobic and anaerobic with isolation and presumptive identification	Used when both aerobic and anaerobic cultures are simultaneously ordered for more comprehensive microbiology.
`87210`	Smear, primary source with interpretation; Gram or Giemsa staining	Performed at point of care or laboratory to provide rapid preliminary organism information before molecular results.
`87631`	Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (e.g., PCR), multiple organisms (e.g., respiratory panel)	Represents other multiplex PCR panels that may be ordered for differential diagnosis; conceptually related method but not substitutable for a PLA-specific code.
`36415`	Collection of venous blood by venipuncture	May be performed if concurrent blood cultures or labs are required during the same visit for systemic infection evaluation.

Related Modifiers

5 rows

Modifier	Description	When to Use
26	Modifier 26 (Professional Component) identifies and bills only the professional portion of a split service — the physician’s interpretation, report, and medical judgment — when the technical…	- Use CPT Modifier -26 when you are billing only the professional component (PC) of a split‑bill eligible service—i.e., you performed the physician interpretation, medical judgment and prepared a…
59	Modifier 59 indicates a distinct procedural service when two procedures that are not normally billed together are clinically and procedurally separate. The CPT definition (as reiterated by CMS)…	- Use modifier -59 to report a distinct procedural service when documentation supports that the procedure reported is not normally billed together with another service on the same day because of a…
90	Modifier ‑90 (Reference/Outside Laboratory) indicates that a laboratory test was performed by an entity other than the treating or reporting provider. The American Medical Association defines…	- Use CPT modifier -90 when a laboratory test is performed by an outside/reference laboratory (an entity other than the treating or reporting physician or qualified professional) and the claim needs…
91	Modifier 91 — “Repeat Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test” — is appended when the exact same CPT laboratory test is performed more than once for the same patient on the same day because serial,…	- Use modifier 91 when the exact same CPT laboratory test is performed more than once on the same patient on the same date because serial or repeated testing is medically necessary to monitor…
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Related Provider Taxonomies

8 rows

Taxonomy Code	Specialty	Notes
207T00000X	Neurological Surgery Physician	A neurological surgeon provides the operative and non-operative management (i.e., prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, critical care, and reh…
208000000X	Pediatrics Physician	A pediatrician is concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Care encompasses a broad spectru…
207R00000X	Internal Medicine Physician	A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults…
207L00000X	Anesthesiology Physician	An anesthesiologist is trained to provide pain relief and maintenance, or restoration, of a stable condition during and immediately following an opera…
261QP2400X	Prison Health Clinic/Center	Ambulatory Health Care Facilities · Clinic/Center
163WM0102X	Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse	Nursing Service Providers · Registered Nurse
2865M2000X	Military General Acute Care Hospital	A Department of Defense (DoD) health care organization furnishing inpatient care 24 hours per day in "fixed" facilities, primarily for DoD beneficiari…
385H00000X	Respite Care	Respite Care Facility · Respite Care

CPT 0001U: PreciseType HEA Erythrocyte Antigen Genotyping

CPT-0002U-POLYPDX-URINE-METABOLOMIC-ASSAY-ADENOMATOUS-POLYP-RISK

CPT 0002U: PolypDX™ Urine Metabolomic Risk Assay

CPT-0003U-OVAR-A-NEXT-GENERATION-OVARIAN-CANCER-RISK-ASSAY

CPT 0003U: Overa (MIA2G) Ovarian Cancer Risk Assay

CPT-0005U-PROSTATE-EXOSOMEDX-INTELLISCORE-GENE-EXPRESSION-URINE-TEST

CPT 0005U: ExosomeDx Prostate (IntelliScore) urine gene expression test

CPT-0007U-TOXPROTECT-URINE-DRUG-SCREEN-WITH-DNA-AUTHENTICATION

CPT 0007U: ToxProtect Urine Drug Screen With DNA Authentication

CPT-0008U-H-PYLORI-ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE-SEQUENCING-PANEL

CPT 0008U: H. pylori Antibiotic Resistance Gene Panel

CPT-0009U-DEPARRAY-HER2-FISH-TUMOR-CELL-ISOLATION

CPT 0009U: DEPArray HER2 Tumor‑Cell Isolation with FISH Analysis

CPT-0010U-BACTERIAL-TYPING-WHOLE-GENOME-SEQUENCING-MAYO-CLINIC

CPT 0010U: Bacterial Typing by Whole Genome Sequencing, Mayo Clinic

CPT-0011U-CORDANT-CORE-ALGORITHMIC-ORAL-FLUID-DRUG-TEST

CPT 0011U: Oral Fluid Drug Test with Algorithmic Steady‑State Comparison

CPT-0016U-BCR-ABL1-MAJOR-MINOR-FUSION-TRANSCRIPT-TESTING

CPT 0016U: BCR–ABL1 Major and Minor Breakpoint Fusion Transcripts

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Frequently Asked Questions

References

1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.

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Clinical & Coding Specifications

Clinical Context

Related CPT Codes

Related Modifiers

Related Provider Taxonomies

Related Codes

References

Clinical & Coding Specifications

Clinical Context

Related CPT Codes

Related Modifiers

Related Provider Taxonomies

Related Codes

References

CPT 0600U: FidaLab Molecular Wound Infection PCR Panel

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CPT 0600U: FidaLab Molecular Wound Infection PCR Panel

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Clinical & Coding Specifications

Clinical Context

Related CPT Codes

Related Modifiers

Related Provider Taxonomies

Related Codes

What does CPT 0600U represent and when should it be used?

In what clinical settings and workflow is the FidaLab Molecular Wound Infection Test commonly used?

Which billing modifiers might be relevant when submitting a claim for 0600U?

What other laboratory or procedure CPT codes are commonly associated with or ordered alongside 0600U?

Which payers are referenced for coverage of CPT 0600U and does coverage vary?

References

Clinical & Coding Specifications

Clinical Context

Related CPT Codes

Related Modifiers

Related Provider Taxonomies

Related Codes

What does CPT 0600U represent and when should it be used?

In what clinical settings and workflow is the FidaLab Molecular Wound Infection Test commonly used?

Which billing modifiers might be relevant when submitting a claim for 0600U?

What other laboratory or procedure CPT codes are commonly associated with or ordered alongside 0600U?

Which payers are referenced for coverage of CPT 0600U and does coverage vary?

References