A pediatric patient with suspected food allergies is sent for allergy testing that involves scratch tests over his back. He is tested for eight different foods and there are two control tests performed. What is the correct code for percutaneous (scratch) tests with allergenic extracts?

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95004 is the correct code for percutaneous tests with allergenic extracts.
Code 95017 is incorrect because this code is for combination testing, including percutaneous and intracutaneous tests with venoms. Code 92018 is incorrect because this is a combination test of percutaneous and intracutaneous testing with drugs or biological. Code 95024 is incorrect because this test is specific for intracutaneous tests with allergenic extracts.

A Pediatric Patient with Suspected Food Allergies Is Sent for Allergy