Pathology/Lab Coding Alert

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Get Ready for Monkeypox Testing and Reporting

87593 captures orthopoxvirus assay. After years of focus on SARS-CoV-2, there’s a new virus in town to worry about. On Aug. 8, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra declared the ongoing spread of monkeypox virus in the United States a public health emergency (PHE). The virus: Monkeypox is caused by a virus in the orthopoxvirus [...]
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