Category: Blood

Test Details Synonyms Blood Grouping and Rh Typing Blood Type Group and Type Type and Rh Test Includes ABO blood grouping and Rh typing Use Determination of ABO blood group and Rh type for transfusion candidates. Group and typing of expectant mothers and newborns may indicate potential

Test Details Synonyms Culture, Bacterial, General, Aerobic Eye Fluids Routine Culture, Abscess Wound Test Includes Isolation and identification (additional CPT codes) of potential aerobic pathogens and drug susceptibility tests (additional charge). Gram stain (additional test) is recommended

Test Details Synonyms Culture, Bacterial, General, Aerobic Eye Fluids Routine Culture, Abscess Wound Test Includes Isolation and identification (additional CPT codes) of potential aerobic pathogens and drug susceptibility tests (additional charge). Gram stain (additional test) is recommended

Test Details Synonyms Glutamic Pyruvate Transaminase SGPT Transaminases Use A liver function test, ALT is more sensitive for the detection of hepatocyte injury than for biliary obstruction. ALT is more specific for liver injury than AST (SGOT). Useful for hepatic cirrhosis, other liver disease

Test Details Use Evaluation of nutritional status, blood oncotic pressure; evaluation of renal disease with proteinuria and other chronic diseases. High albumin may indicate dehydration. Look for increase in hemoglobin, hematocrit in such patients. Low albumin is found with use of I.V. fluids, rapid

Test Details Synonyms Acute Phase Proteins Alpha1-Protease Inhibitor Use Detection of hereditary decreases in the production of α1-antitrypsin (α1AT). Decreased or nearly absent levels of α1AT can be a factor in chronic obstructive lung disease and liver disease. An increased prevalence of

Test Details Synonyms Acute Phase Proteins Alpha1-Protease Inhibitor Use Detection of hereditary decreases in the production of α1-antitrypsin (α1AT). Decreased or nearly absent levels of α1AT can be a factor in chronic obstructive lung disease and liver disease. An increased prevalence of

Test Details Use Causes of high alkaline phosphatase include bone growth, healing fracture, acromegaly, osteogenic sarcoma, liver or bone metastases, leukemia, myelofibrosis, and rarely myeloma. Alkaline phosphatase is used as a tumor marker.3,4 In rickets and osteomalacia, serum calcium and phosphorus

Test Details Synonyms AFP, Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein (AFP), Serum, Tumor Marker Use The most important application of AFP testing in cancer management is for testicular cancer. Although not present in pure seminoma,1 elevated serum AFP is closely associated with nonseminomatous testicular cancer

Test Details Use Work-up for abdominal pain, epigastric tenderness, nausea, and vomiting. Such findings characterize acute pancreatitis as well as acute surgical emergencies such as gastrointestinal perforation (eg, peptic ulcer with perforation) or bowel infarct. Amylase is used in the differential

Test Details Synonyms Anaerobic Culture, Abscess Anaerobic Culture, Body Fluid Anaerobic Culture, Wound Culture, Anaerobic Wound Anaerobic Culture Test Includes Isolation and identification (additional CPT coding of 87076, 87077, 87143, or other code depending on methods required) of potential

Test Details Synonyms Anaerobic Culture, Abscess Anaerobic Culture, Body Fluid Anaerobic Culture, Wound Culture, Anaerobic Wound Anaerobic Culture Test Includes Susceptibility testing available upon request if culture results warrant (additional charges/CPT code[s] may apply). CPT coding for