AMA CPT® Assistant - 2001 Issue 6 (June)

Pathology and Laboratory/Transfusion Medicine (June 2001)

June 2001 page 11b Coding Consultation Transfusion Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory, 86807, 86808 (Q&A) Question What is the difference between the "quick" method described by code 86808 and the "standard" method described by code 86807? AMA Comment The quick method described by code 86808, Serum screening for cytotoxic percent reactive antibody (PRA); quick method, is generally processed during a single day using a single well test (eg, a positive or a negative result from an ELISA assay). The standard method described by code 86807, Serum screening for cytotoxic percent reactive antibody (PRA); standard method, is processed on a...

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