CPT® 0551U, Under Proprietary Laboratory Analyses
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code 0551U as maintained by American Medical Association, is a medical procedural code under the range - Proprietary Laboratory Analyses.
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Summary
This is a Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) code, meaning that the code applies to only one unique lab test made by a specific manufacturer or performed by a specific lab. Report 0551U only for LucentAD p鈥揟au 217 from Quanterix Corporation. This test measures the levels of phosphorylated tau protein (pTau217) in plasma using a highly sensitive single鈥搈olecule array technology. The test provides valuable information for assessing the presence of Alzheimer's disease.
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