A 45-year-old female presents to the ED with chest pain. The provider has an Albumin Cobalt Binding Test to determine if the chest pain is ischemic in nature.
Procedure: Albumin Cobalt Binding (ACB) test to determine ischemic nature of chest pain.
CPT® Code:
83857: This code is used for the Albumin Cobalt Binding test.
Code Selection Justification: The ACB test specifically measures ischemia-modified albumin, making 83857 the appropriate code for this laboratory test.
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