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Fungus Culture, Blood |
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| PRIMARY |
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Whole Blood BACTEC(R) |
5 (1) mL
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Room Temperature - 48 Hour(s) |
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Bone Marrow BACTEC(R) |
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Room Temperature - 48 Hour(s) |
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Fungal infections are most common among hospitalized patients, specifically with indwelling catheters, or who are immunocompromised. Blood culture is a method to detect invasive fungal infections.
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BACTEC (TM) Myco/F Lytic aerobic blood bottle is the only
acceptable container type.
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| Setup Schedule |
| Sunday-Saturday |
| Reported (Analytical Time) |
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28 days
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CPT Code
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87103
The CPT codes provided are based on AMA guidelines and are for informational purposes only.
CPT coding is the sole responsibility of the billing party.
Please direct any questions regarding coding to the payer being billed.
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Other Acceptable Specimens: FDA cleared (non-Bactec) blood culture bottle SPS tubes - Blood only
Reject criteria: Received frozen; Specimens in EDTA (lavender-top) tube; Specimens in heparin (green-top) tube; Specimens in citrate, ACD; FDA Cleared non-Fungus Blood Culture Bottle
Methodology: Continuous Monitoring Blood Culture System
Additional Information:
If culture is positive, identification will be performed at an additional charge for each organism (CPT code (s): 87106 or 87107. In the event of an initial identification of Coccidioides, Histoplasma, or Blastomyces, the following additional identification methods will be performed at an
additional charge: Coccidioides DNA Probe (CPT code 87149); HistoplasmaDNA Probe (CPT code: 87149); Blastomyces DNA Probe (CPT code: 87149). If an additional identification method is required, ITS nucleic acid sequencing may be added at an additional charge (CPT code: 87153). Susceptibilities will be added upon request. |
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