A patient needs to have an antihuman globulin test (Coombs test) performed, which needs to be done as a qualitative indirect test on each reagent red cell. What is the correct CPT laboratory code for this specific test?

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86885 is the correct code for indirect qualitative antihuman globulin test (Coombs test) for each reagent red cell.
Code 86880 is incorrect because this code is for the direct antihuman globulin test (Coombs test). Code 86886 is incorrect because this code is for the indirect testing of the antihuman globulin test (Coombs test), each antibody titer. Code 86890 is incorrect because this code is for autologous blood or component collection processing and storage.

A Patient Needs to Have an Antihuman Globulin Test (Coombs