Practice Quiz

Medical Coding

Category - Laboratory and Pathology

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A patient with a family history of breast cancer has a BRCA1 gene analysis ordered. The physician wants the full sequence analysis and common duplication/deletion variants to be assessed. What is the correct CPT code for this test?
  1. 81211
  2. 81212
  3. 81214
  4. 81216
Explanation
Answer: C - 81214 is the correct code for BRCA1 gene analysis with full sequence analysis and common duplication/deletion variants.
Code 81211 is incorrect because this code is for both BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene analysis. Code 81212 is incorrect because this code is for both BRCA1 and BRCA2 with additional specific variants. Code 81216 is incorrect because this code is for BRCA2 only.
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