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Medical Coding

Category - Laboratory and Pathology

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A 19 year old was given a lab slip to have a biochemical assay performed of seven analytes to assess for type 2 diabetes. What code should be used for this test?

81504
81506
81507
81508

Explanation

Answer: B - 81506 is the correct code for an endocrinology (type 2 diabetes) biochemical assay of seven analytes.

Code 81504 is incorrect because this code refers to oncology testing. Code 81507 is incorrect because this code is for a fetal aneuploidy DNA sequence analysis. Code 81508 is incorrect because this code is assessing for specific fetal congenital abnormalities.

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