Laboratory Question for the Week of August 15, 2022

Question:

What do we report for the technical component of flow cytometry tests for identifying specific cell surface or cytoplasmic markers? How do we report additional markers?

Answer:

Codes 88184 and +88185 report the technical component of flow cytometry tests for identifying specific cell surface, cytoplasmic, or nuclear markers. Report 88184 for the first marker, and add-on code +88185 for each additional marker.

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