2008 ABC Coding Manual - Index of

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DEACB – DEACT Laboratory Services – General blood analysis
DEACB Glucose assay test each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to assess the blood plasma concentration in his or her glucose.
Service is billed per test.
DEACE Liver function panel and profile each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to assess his or her liver function. Service is billed per test.
DEACF Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) panel each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to determine GGT and assess his or her liver function. Service
is billed per test.
DEACG Caffeine clearance each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to evaluate caffeine clearance and assess his or her liver
function. Service is billed per test.
DEACH Glyco-hemoglobin test each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to assess his or her glyco-hemoglobin levels and evaluate blood
glucose levels, over a two- to three-month period. Service is billed per test.
DEACI Total thyroid hormone concentration (TT3 and TT4) test each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s TT3 and TT4 in a blood sample to assess his or her total thyroid hormone
concentration levels. Service is billed per test.
DEACJ Thyroid hormone binding ratio (THBR) test each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to assess THBR and evaluate thyroid disease and/or
abnormalities in thyroxine-binding globulin. Service is billed per test.
DEACK Proinsulin assay each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to assess proinsulin levels. Service is billed per test.
DEACN Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to assess TSH levels and differentiate primary hypothyroidism
from other causes. Service is billed per test.
DEACO Pure thyroxine assay total free T4 each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to assess biologically active thyroxine. Service is billed per test.
DEACP Thyroid uptake T3 or T4 each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to assess resin-binding capacity of serum thyroid hormone.
Service is billed per test.
DEACQ 24-hour thyroid profile each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to perform T3, T4 or other thyroid tests over a 24-hour period.
Service is billed per test.
DEACR Low density lipoprotein (LDL) test each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to assess LDL levels. Service is billed per test.
DEACS Glucose tolerance 2-hour test each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to determine his or her blood glucose levels. Use DEABZ in
conjunction with DEACS. For additional time, use DEACT. For a 4-hour test, use DEACU or DEACV.
Service is billed per test.
DEACT Glucose tolerance 3-hour test each test
Analyzing a client/patient’s blood sample to determine his or her blood glucose levels. Use DEABZ in
conjunction with DEACS or DEACT. For a 4-hour test, use DEACU or DEACV. Service is billed per test.
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