CPT code 0829T describes clinical staff work to scan and digitize whole‑slide images from glass microscope slides for immediate or later pathologic diagnosis, reported as an add‑on unit when digitizing slides from one unit of cytopathology code 88108; service type is digital whole‑slide imaging of cytopathology smears, typically performed in a pathology or laboratory setting where cytology specimens are prepared and scanned for diagnostic interpretation.

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