CPT^® 87899, Under Infectious Agent Antigen Detection

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 87899 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Infectious Agent Antigen Detection.

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The lab analyst performs the technical lab test to analyze for an infectious agent by immunoassay with direct optical, meaning visual, observation; use this code for those infectious organisms not specifically identified by another analysis code.

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