CPT^® 80355, Under Definitive Drug Testing Procedures

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT^®) code 80355 as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Definitive Drug Testing Procedures.

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The lab analyst measures the amount of or detects the presence of gabapentin in the patient specimen, which is something other than blood.

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