CPT^® 87478, Under Infectious Agent Antigen Detection

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 87478 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Infectious Agent Antigen Detection.

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Using an amplified probe technique, the test identifies nucleic acids from a bacterium, Borrelia miyamotoi, which may cause tickborne relapsing fever (TBRF), a disease transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tick.

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[QUOTE="Herbie Loroña, post: 87478, member: 45342"]What if it was a patient that had never been seen and the family comes in to talk about a diagnosis with the dr before he see's the patient for the ... [ Read More ]

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[QUOTE="Herbie Loroña, post: 87478, member: 45342"]I do not agree with that. I believe the patient would still need to be there face-to-face with the physician. If you look under the Definitions of C... [ Read More ]

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