0202U

CPT^® 0202U, Under Proprietary Laboratory Analyses

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 0202U as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Proprietary Laboratory Analyses.

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This is a Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) code, meaning that the code applies to only one unique lab test made by a specific manufacturer or performed by a specific lab. Report 0202U for the BioFire® FilmArray® Respiratory Panel 2.1 (RP2.1) from BioFire® Diagnostics, which is an automated PCR test on a nasopharyngeal specimen for the most common viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens, including SARS–CoV–2.

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