Organ- or disease-oriented panels offer a cost-efficient means of performing diagnostic blood laboratory procedures without compromising the quality of care. The appropriate CPT organ or disease-oriented panel code should be used when the tests listed below are performed in any of the indicated combinations.
| CPT code | Panel |
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| 80047 | Basic metabolic panel (Calcium, ionized) This panel must include the following:
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| 80048 | Basic metabolic panel (Calcium, total) This panel must include the following:
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| 80050 | General health panel This panel must include the following:
OR
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| 80051 | Electrolyte panel This panel must include the following:
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| 80053 | Comprehensive metabolic panel This panel must include the following:
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| 80055 | Obstetric panel This panel must include the following:
OR
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| 80061 | Lipid panel This panel must include the following:
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| 80069 | Renal function panel This panel must include the following:
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| 80074 | Acute hepatitis panel This panel must include the following:
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| 80076 | Hepatic function panel This panel must include the following:
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| 80081 | Obstetric panel (includes HIV testing) An obstetric panel (80055) includes the following tests:
In addition, this panel includes an automated complete blood count (CBC) and automated differential white blood count (WBC) as described by 85025 or 85027 and 85004 OR automated CBC (85027) and appropriate manual differential WBC count (85007 or 85009). Report 80081 when the obstetric panel also includes HIV-1 antigen(s) with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies reported as a single result (87389). |
Claims Filing Information
When billing for an organ- or disease-oriented panel, please use one of the CPT codes listed in this summary. For each panel ordered, be sure to include the appropriate diagnosis code from Block 21 in Column 24E of the CMS 1500 claim form.
Revision History
| Date | Nature of Revision |
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| 08/03/2026 | Migrated to new platform. |