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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2017 Dec;55(12):e131–e136. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000484

Table 1:

Description of CPT Codes Used for “Stacking” of Molecular Testing

CPT Code Description
83890 Molecular diagnostics; molecular isolation or extraction, each nucleic acid type
83891 Molecular diagnostics; isolation or extraction of highly purified nucleic acid, each nucleic acid type
83892 Molecular diagnostics; enzymatic digestion, each enzyme treatment
83894 Molecular diagnostics; separation by gel electrophoresis, each nucleic acid preparation
83898 Molecular diagnostics; amplification, target, each nucleic acid sequence
83904 Molecular diagnostics; mutation identification by sequencing, single segment, each segment
83907 Molecular diagnostics; lysis of cells prior to nucleic acid extraction
83909 Molecular diagnostics; separation and identification by high resolution technique
83912 Molecular diagnostics; interpretation and report