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Focus Respiratory Pathogen Panels with SARS-CoV-2

Published on Tue Feb 09, 2021

Learn test codes with multiple targets. You just mastered coding for lab tests to pinpoint SARS-CoV-2 antigens or antibodies, but how do you report a test for multiple respiratory pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2? Because many COVID-19 symptoms are similar to other common respiratory viral infections, such as colds and flu, clinicians may order a lab test to identify infection with SARS-CoV-2 [...]
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