AMA CPT® Assistant - 2002 Issue 8 (August)
Pathology and Laboratory (August 2002)
August 2002 page 10a Coding Consultation:Pathology and Laboratory Pathology and Laboratory, 83896 (Q&A) Question When molecular diagnostic testing has been performed to determine whether a person carries a genetic mutation associated with cystic fibrosis, in which multiple nucleic acid probes are used to detect both the normal and mutant variants within the gene, what code should I use to report this testing? AMA Comment Code 83896, Molecular diagnostics; nucleic acid probe, each, should be used to report the use of nucleic acid probes in molecular diagnostic testing. Code 83896 should be reported for each nucleic acid probe used...
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