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CPT® 80156, Under Therapeutic Drug Assays

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 80156 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Therapeutic Drug Assays.

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The lab analyst performs the technical lab test to analyze a specimen for the total amount of carbamazepine, a medication clinicians use for the treatment of epilepsy and some other neurologic and psychiatric disorders. This code is for the total level that includes both the bound and unbound, or free, carbamazepine.

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