CPT^® 86940, Under Transfusion Medicine Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 86940 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Transfusion Medicine Procedures.

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The lab analyst screens patient blood for auto–agglutinins, which are factors in patient blood that make blood cells clump together, and auto–hemolysins, which are factors in patient blood that cause red blood cells to rupture.

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