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 0323U only for Johns Hopkins Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing Assay for Infectious Disease Diagnostics from Johns Hopkins Medical Microbiology Laboratory. The test uses next–generation sequencing (NGS) of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimen in a patient with a central nervous system infection of unknown origin to identify the presence of any pathogenic (disease–causing) organism(s).
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