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Put Category III Lab Codes at Your Fingertips

Published on Sun Jun 04, 2006

Keep up with emerging-technology codes with this handy tool

Tired of rummaging through all the Category III codes to find the codes your lab might use? We've gathered them together in one simple chart as a helpful reference.
 
Not sure if a method your lab uses fits one of these codes? Look at the "clinical application" and "method" columns to help decide if your test fits the code. Plus, you can use the "year added" column to learn how much longer you'll have the code if it doesn't change to Category I -- the AMA archives the codes after five years.
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