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GC CULTURE
Test CodeLAB235
Quest Code
480
CPT Codes
87081
Includes
If culture is positive, identification will be performed at an additional charge (CPT code(s): 87077 or 87140 or 87143 or 87147 or 87149).
Antibiotic susceptibilities are only performed when appropriate (CPT code(s): 87181 or 87184 or 87185 or 87186).
Antibiotic susceptibilities are only performed when appropriate (CPT code(s): 87181 or 87184 or 87185 or 87186).
Preferred Specimen
Urethral, cervical, anorectal, throat or conjunctiva. Collect specimen using a culture swab in Amies gel (blue-cap) or ESwab (white-cap) transport medium delivered within 24 hours of collection.
Other Acceptable Specimens
Inoculated medium (Martin-Lewis plate or Neigon plate)
Instructions
Do not refrigerate. Indicate source of specimen on both the requisition and specimen collection device. For blood specimens, use test "Culture, Blood". For sterile body fluids, use test "Culture, Aerobic and Anaerobic".
Transport Container
Copan transport swab containing Amies gel medium or ESwab
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Specimen Stability
Deliver to the Microbiology lab as soon as possible.
Transport swab
Room temperature: 24 hours
Transport swab
Room temperature: 24 hours
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Expired transport swabs • Specimens >24 hours old • Frozen specimens
Methodology
Bacterial culture, aerobic, includes routine isolation and identification procedures; Susceptibility testing not routinely performed.
Setup Schedule
a.m. Daily
Report Available
4 days
Clinical Significance
Neisseria gonorrhoeae is considered a pathogen whenever isolated and its identification is important in initiating appropriate therapy to prevent the spread of the infection as well as the serious sequelae.
Performing Laboratory
| Quest Diagnostics-Lenexa |
| 10101 Renner Blvd |
| Lenexa , KS 66219-9752 |
Last Updated: August 13, 2021
