CPT® 86331, Under Qualitative or Semiquantitative Immunoassays
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 86331 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Qualitative or Semiquantitative Immunoassays.
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Summary
The lab analyst performs qualitative immunodiffusion, by Ouchterlony method, to evaluate a patient’s sample for specific types of antigens, foreign substances that cause an immune response, or for certain proteins, called immunoglobulins, also called antibodies, that activate as part of the immune response to neutralize specific invaders such as bacteria or viruses. Report this code once for each antigen or antibody.
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