AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 12 (December)
Pathology and Laboratory (December 2007)
December 2007 page 15 Bonus Feature:Pathology and Laboratory Question: Please clarify whether reporting code 87804 two times, once with modifier 59 (87804, 87804 59), would be appropriate for differentiating rapid influenza tests; those providing separate, distinct results for both strains A and B on one device. Answer: The detection of both influenza A and B strains may be part of two entirely separate procedures or may be included within the same test device because these two analyses are not uncommonly requested by the clinician together. If the assays provided two separate results (eg, a result for influenza A and...
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