Medical Coding

Category - Laboratory and Pathology

A physician needs to order a test for tissue culture for non-neoplastic disorders using amniotic fluid or chorionic villus cells. What is the correct CPT code for this laboratory test?
  1. 88230
  2. 88233
  3. 88235
  4. 88237
Explanation
Answer: C - 88235 is the correct code for tissue culture for non-neoplastic disorders using amniotic fluid or chorionic villus cells.

Code 88230 is incorrect because this code is for tissue culture of non-neoplastic disorders with lymphocyte and code 88233 is incorrect because this is the code to use for skin or other solid tissue biopsy for tissue culture. Code 88237 is incorrect because this code is for tissue culture of neoplastic disorders using bone marrow or blood cells.
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