AMA CPT® Assistant - 2010 Issue 10 (October)

Transcutaneous Quantitative Hemoglobin (October 2010)

October 2010 page 6 Transcutaneous Quantitative Hemoglobin Anemia is one of the most common hematological disorders in the United States, affecting more than three million people of all ages and ethnicities. One of the methods of assessing the level of hemoglobin in the blood is a quantitative hemoglobin test. CPT code 88738 was established in 2010 to report transcutaneous detection of hemoglobin (Hgb) and allow differentiation between transcutaneous Hgb measurement and Hgb measurement performed on whole blood in vitro (eg, from venipuncture or capillary stick). CPT code 88738 specifically describes testing using an FDA-cleared device that uses a trans-cutaneous...

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