CPT^® 80338, Under Definitive Drug Testing Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 80338 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Definitive Drug Testing Procedures.

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The lab analyst measures the amount of or detects the presence of antidepressants, which are psychiatric medications, in a patient specimen. The antidepressants the provider is testing for are not specified in other CPT® codes.

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