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Medical Coding

Category - Laboratory and Pathology

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A patient who has been on Digoxin needs to have labs drawn to verify his response to the medication. A total Digoxin level is ordered. What is the correct CPT code for this test?
  1. 80162
  2. 80163
  3. 80159
  4. 80178
Explanation
Answer: A - 80162 is the correct code for a total Digoxin level.
Code 80163 is incorrect because this code is for a free Digoxin level. Code 80159 is incorrect because this code is for the therapeutic drug assay for clozapine and code 80178 is the code for a lithium therapeutic drug assay.
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