AMA CPT® Assistant - 2011 Issue 11 (November)

Pathology and Laboratory: Microbiology (Q&A) (November 2011)

November 2011 page 11a Pathology and Laboratory: Microbiology Question: The patient had a Strep Select Agar. What code is reported for this lab test? Answer: Code 87070, Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates, describes Strep Select Agar. Pathology and Laboratory: Microbiology (Q&A) (November 2011). CPT® Assistant. 2011; November 2011 page 11a ...

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