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Choose One Code for Aneuploidy Plus SCA

Published on Fri Mar 10, 2023

Question: How should we code for fetal aneuploidy (trisomy 21, 18, and 13, which we already report as 81507, and sex chromosome aneuploidy from a single specimen? South Carolina Subscriber Answer: There are different kinds of tests for sex chromosome aneuploidy, so the coding would depend on the method. The person states that they’re coding 81507 (Fetal aneuploidy (trisomy 21, 18, and [...]
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