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Check Strep Method, Recurrence for Correct Codes

Published on Mon Jun 13, 2016

Question: When our lab preforms a strep test from a throat swab for a patient that the ordering physician says has “recurrent strep,” what are the appropriate procedure and diagnosis codes? Tennessee Subscriber Answer: The appropriate procedure code will depend on what test your lab performs. A common “quick strep” test is 87880 (Infectious agent antigen detection by immunoassay with direct optical [...]
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