Acollege student goes to the er with symptoms of headache and high fever for the past two days. a lumbar puncture is performed and spinal fluid is sent to the lab to check for meningitis. what cpt® code is reported for this surgery

CPT Code 62270

CPT Code 62270 is under Injection, drainage or aspiration procedures of the spine and spinal cord. This is fitting for the patient who has had a diagnostic lumbar puncture where a small amount of cerebrospinal fluid is removed for laboratory testing.

passive transport is a movement of biochemicals and other atomic or molecular substances across cell membranes without need of energy input. unlike active transport, it does not require an input of cellular energy because it is instead driven by the tendency of the system to grow in entropy.

so, according to what that says, i believe it's hypertonic and hypotonic.

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