CPT® 0693U, Under Proprietary Laboratory Analyses

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 0693U as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Proprietary Laboratory Analyses.

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This is a Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) code, meaning that the code applies to only one unique lab test made by a specific manufacturer or performed by a specific lab. Report 0693U only for LymphDetect™ Head & Neck from Droplet Biosciences. This test is used for head and neck cancer. It uses tumor–informed next–generation sequencing (NGS) analysis of 699 genes to identify patient–specific somatic variants from primary tumor tissue, then analyzes a postoperative lymphatic exudate specimen for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). The algorithm reports the presence or absence of ctDNA.

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