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Blood Culture, Routine

Test Code
CBLD


Alias/See Also
3030210


CPT Codes
87040

Preferred Specimen
BD BACTEC Plus Aerobic/F Culture Vial (blue bottle) and BD BACTEC Lytic/10 Anaerobic/F Vial (purple bottle)
10 milliliters in each of the two bottles is the preferred specimen.


Minimum Volume
5 milliliters


Performing Laboratory
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health



The CPT Codes provided in this document 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 payor being billed. Any Profile/panel component may be ordered separately. Reflex tests are performed at an additional charge.