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06/16/2021: Lab Update: CDC Updates Guidance for Reporting SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Results
Audience: Laboratories Performing Sequencing for SARS-CoV-2
Level: Laboratory Update
CDC recently updated the technical Guidance for Reporting SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Results. Please review the updated guidance, and note the following modifications:
- Clarification on how laboratories may report sequencing results to patients and providers in compliance with Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations.
- Addition of 96895-8 as the preferred LOINC code to report sequencing results by molecular genetic methods and 98062-3 as the preferred code to identify sequencing studies.
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