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Vaginosis/ Vaginitis Panel, Qualitative, PCR

Test Code: 97712

CPT Codes: 87798 (x3), 87511, 87798 (x2)

Pathogens detected: Atopbium vaginae, Enterococcus faecalis, Esherichia coli, Gardnerella vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum

Disclaimer: The Sexually Transmitted Disease Panels are not recommended for evaluation of suspected sexual abuse or for other medico-legal indications.

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Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)

Test Code: 927

CPT Code(s): 82607

Methodology: Immunoassay (IA)

Clinical Significance: Vitamin B12 is decreased in pernicious anemia, total or partial gastrectomy, malabsorption and certain congenital and biochemical disorders.

Alternative Name(s): Cobalamin, Cyanocobalamin, B12

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Urea Nitrogen (BUN)

Test Code: 294

CPT Code(s): 84520

Methodology: Spectrophotometry (SP)

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Urinalysis Microscopic

Test Code: 8563

CPT Code(s): 81015

Includes: A microscopic examination is performed

**This order does not include reflex to culture. If reflex to culture is desired, please order test code 3020 Urinalysis complete with reflex to culture. Submit separate gray top urine tube supply #141974.**

Methodology: Microscopic examination

Clinical Significance: Microscopic examination to detect the presence of abnormal urine cells and formed elements.

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Vancomycin

Vancomycin, Peak

Test Code: 8578
CPT Code(s): 80202
Includes: Vancomycin peak

Vancomycin, Trough

Test Code: 8579
CPT Code(s): 80202
Includes: Vancomycin trough

Vancomycin, Total

Test Code: 917
CPT Code(s): 80202
Includes: Vancomycin peak and trough

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Urinalysis, Complete

Test Code: 5463

CPT Code(s): 81001

Includes: Macroscopic and Microscopic Examinations

**This order code does not include Reflex to Culture**

If reflex to culture is desired: Please order Test Code 3020, “Urinalysis, Complete, with Reflex to Culture”

Methodology: Reagent Impregnated Strips/Tablets/Microscopic Examination

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Vitamin D, 25-OH, Total, IA

Test Code: 17306

CPT Code(s): 82306

Methodology: Immunoassay (IA)

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Uric Acid

Test Code: 905

CPT Code(s): 84550

Methodology: Spectrophotometry (SP)

Clinical Significance: Serum uric acid measurements are useful in the diagnosis and treatment of numerous renal and metabolic disorders, including renal failure, gout, leukemia, psoriasis, starvation or other wasting conditions, and in patients receiving cytotoxic drugs.

Additional names: Not applicable

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Urinalysis, Reflex to Microscopic

Test Code: 7909

CPT Code(s): 81003

Includes: a microscopic examination is performed, when appropriate, at an additional charge (cpt code(s): 81015).

**This order code does not include Reflex to Culture**

If reflex to culture is desired: Please order Test Code 3020, “Urinalysis, Complete, with Reflex to Culture”

Methodology: Reagent impregnated strips/tablets/microscopic examination if urine macroscopic or dipstick indicates

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Urinalysis, Complete, with Reflex to Culture

Test Code: 3020

CPT Code(s): 81001

Clinical Significance: Dipstick urinalysis is important in accessing the chemical constituents in the urine and the relationship to various disease states. Microscopic examination helps to detect the presence of abnormal urine cells and formed elements. Culture may identify the organism(s) causing infection.

Includes: Macroscopic and Microscopic Examinations - A culture is performed, when appropriate, at an additional charge (CPT code(s): 87088, 87086).

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