CPT 87501: Influenza Virus Nucleic Acid Detection (RT Amplified Probe)
CPT code 87501 describes a laboratory test for detection of influenza virus nucleic acid using reverse transcription and an amplified probe technique; this is a molecular diagnostic influenza test (nucleic acid amplification) typically performed as a laboratory molecular diagnostic service with the usual site of service being a clinical laboratory or hospital laboratory.
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