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Source or Apparent Specimen Received | Incorrect Test Requested or Written Request | Default Action (Change) |
|---|---|---|
| Acid-fast bacterial growing on media | 183753 − Acid-fast (Mycobacteria) Smear and Culture With Reflex to Identification | 183770 − Acid-fast Organism Identification by DNA Probe and/or Sequencing |
| Acid-fast bacterial growing on media | 088161 − Acid-fast (Mycobacteria) Antibiotic Susceptibilities, or incorrect AFB susceptibility test number | Change to appropriate AFB susceptibility test code based upon the AFB identification |
| Bacterial swab or sterile container with specimen | 182212 − Organism Identification, Yeast | 182776 − Yeast Only, Culture |
| Bacterial swab or sterile container with specimen | Fungus Culture | 008482 − Fungus (Mycology) Culture |
| Bacterial swab or sterile container with specimen | Yeast Culture, Candida Culture | 182776 − Yeast Only, Culture |
| Bacterial swab or sterile container with specimen | Dermatophyte | 182337 − Dermatophyte Culture |
| Bacterial swab or sterile container with specimen | KOH, Fungus Stain | 008136 − Fungus Stain |
| Blood in QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus In-Tube collection kit tubes | No test requested | 182879 − QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus or 182893 − QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus (Client Incubated) |
| CSF | Cryptococcus | 008482 − Fungus (Mycology) Culture and 160747 − Cryptococcus Antigen, CSF |
| Mold growing on media | Yeast identification or 182212 − Organism Identification, Yeast, or 008482 − Fungus (Mycology) Culture | 008474 − Organism Identification, Mold; 183285 − Organism Identification by Sequencing will be added at an additional charge, as necessary |
| Mold growing on media | Antifungal susceptibility testing (yeast) test numbers | Change to appropriate test numbers for mold susceptibility based upon the requested antifungal agents |
| Multiple specimen types (hair, skin, or nails) | 008482 − Fungus (Mycology) Culture or 188243 − Fungus Culture With Stain | 008482 or 188243 − for each specimen type based on original number of specimens |
| Mycobacterium isolate growing on media | Request is for susceptibility testing only, and identification is not compatible with the appearance of the named organism or the susceptibility result obtained is inconsistent with the species listed | 183770 − Acid-fast Organism Identification by DNA Probe and/or Sequencing will be added on at an additional charge |
| Serum | Cryptococcus | 183025 − Cryptococcus Antigen |
| Sterile container with specimen | 088161 − Acid-fast (Mycobacteria) Antibiotic Susceptibilities | 183764 − Acid-fast (Mycobacteria) Smear and Culture With Reflex to Identification and Susceptibility Testing |
| Sterile container with specimen obviously not urine | Legionella | 188227 − Legionella Culture and Legionella pneumophila, DFA |
| Sterile container with urine | Legionella | 182246 − Legionella pneumophila Urinary Antigen |
| Three specimens, usually sputa | 183753 or 183764 − Acid-fast (Mycobacteria) Smear and Culture With Reflex to Identification Without or With Susceptibility indicated only once | 183753 or 183764 − for each specimen based on original number of specimens |
| Yeast growing on media | Mold identification or 008474 − Organism Identification, Mold, or 008482 − Fungus (Mycology) Culture or 182776 − Yeast Only, Culture | 182212 − Organism Identification, Yeast |
| Yeast growing on media | Antifungal susceptibility testing, and identification is not provided or is inconsistent with submitted isolate | 182212 − Organism Identification, Yeast will be added at an additional charge |
Frozen Gel Packs. To ensure specimen integrity during warm weather, follow these Instructions for Use of frozen gel packs and specimen lockboxes.