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Quantitative Drug Tests Requiring Justification

April 22, 2013

The following CPT codes are reimbursable only with documentation justifying quantitative determination of drug level rather than qualitative determination (screening).

CPT code

Description

82101

Alkaloids, urine, quantitative

82145

Amphetamine or methamphetamine

82205

Barbiturates, not elsewhere specified

82649

Dihydromorphinone

83840

Methadone

83925

Opiate(s), drug and metabolites, each procedure

83992

Phencyclidine (PCP)

Source: General Medicine | April 2013 | Bulletin 466

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