CPT^® 87799, Under Infectious Agent Antigen Detection

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 87799 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Infectious Agent Antigen Detection.

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Summary

The lab analyst performs a test to quantify infection with an infectious agent, not otherwise specified in another code, using a nucleic acid probe technique. Use this code if you know the laboratory technique being used is for quantification but do not find a code for the specific infectious agent.

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