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- Differential diagnosis for patients with elevated IgE
- Confirmation of a clinical diagnosis
- Prenatal diagnosis in at-risk pregnancies
Ordering
*Reporting times are typical, but could be extended in situations outside GeneDx's reasonable control.
Billing
- 513 Abscess of lung and mediastinum
- 680 Carbuncle and furuncle Includes: boil furunculosis
- 288.1 Functional disorders of polymorphonuclear neutrophils, Chronic (childhood) granulomatous disease, Congenital dysphagocytosis, Job's syndrome, Lipochrome histiocytosis (familial), Progressive septic granulomatosis
- 482 Other bacterial pneumonia
- 481 Pneumococcal pneumonia [Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia], Lobar pneumonia, organism unspecified
**The CPT codes provided are based on AMA guidelines and are for informational purposes only. CPT coding is the sole responsibility of the billing party. Please direct any questions regarding coding to the payer being billed.
References
- Minegishi Y et al., Dominant-negative mutations in the DNA-binding domain of STAT3 cause hyperIgE syndrome, Nature 448:1058-1062, 2007
- Holland SM et al., STAT3 mutations in the Hyper-IgE syndrome, NEJM 357:1608-1619, 2007.
- Renner ED et al., STAT3 mutation in the original patient with Job’s syndrome, NEJM 357:1667-1668, 2007
- Schimke, LF et al, Diagnostic approaches to the hyper-IgE syndromes: immunologic and clinical key findings to differentiate hyper-IgE syndromes from atopic dermatitis, J Allergy Clin Immunol, 126:611- 617, 2010.
- Zhang Q, et al. Combined immunodeficiency associated with DOCK8 mutations, NEJM 361:2046- 2055, 2009.
- gelhardt, KR, et al., Large deletions and point mutations involving the dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) in the autosomal-recessive form of hyper-IgE syndrome, J Allergy Clin Immunol 124:1289- 1302, 2009.