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Diabetes and Hearing Loss

Tests Available

58 mtDNA Point Mutations plus Large Deletions Panel

FORMS AND DOCUMENTS

TEST DETAILS

Clinical Utility:
  • Molecular confirmation of a clinical diagnosis
  • Testing of patients suspected of having a mitochondrial disorder
Lab Method:
Next-gen Sequencing

ORDERING

Test Code:
704
Turnaround Time:
3-4 weeks
Preferred Specimen:
Tissue Biopsy (>50 mg Muscle or Liver-Flash Frozen)
Alternative Specimen:
2-5 mL Blood - Lavender Top Tube 

BILLING

CPT Codes:
81479x1
List Price:
$855.00
Billing Information:
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ICD Codes:
  • 277.87: Disorders of mitochondrial metabolism, Kearns-Sayre syndrome, Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like episodes (MELAS syndrome), Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalopathy syndrome (MNGIE), Myoclonus with Epilepsy and with Ragged Red Fibers (MERRF syndrome), Neuropathy, Ataxia and Retinitis Pigmentosa (NARP syndrome)
  • 330.8: Other specified cerebral degenerations in childhood, Alpers' disease or gray-matter degeneration, Infantile necrotizing encephalomyelopathy, Leigh's disease, Subacute necrotizing, encephalopathy or encephalomyelopathy
  • 389.1: Sensorineural hearing loss, unspecified
  • 250: Diabetes mellitus
  • 276.2: Acidosis Acidosis
  • 425.1: Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (idiopathic)

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