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Wound Culture (Includes Gram Stain )

Message
Anaerobe culture, Gram stain, identification, and susceptibility tests are billed separately from culture.


Test Code
6190


Alias/See Also
Abscess Culture; Culture, Wound


Preferred Specimen
Aspirate or purulent material. Source of specimen is required.  If specifically obtaining a specimen from an abscess use code 6000 - Culture, Abscess.


Minimum Volume
Aspirate fluid in sterile, capped syringe; purulent material in sterile tube, anaerobe transport media, or swab in bacterial transport media at 20-25°C.


Transport Temperature
Aspirate fluid in sterile, capped syringe; purulent material in sterile tube, anaerobe transport media, or swab in bacterial transport media at 20-25°C.


Specimen Stability
Ambient: 24 hours; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Nonsterile or leaking containers, dry materials, dry swabs, and syringes with needle attached.


Methodology
Standard reference procedures for bacterial stain, aerobic culture, and identification. Anaerobe Culture is performed on properly collected specimens (Anaerobe culture 0060143).

Setup Schedule
Sun-Sat


Report Available
Within 3 daysPreliminary: 1 dayFinal: Negative at 3 days


Limitations
Aspirate or purulent material is preferable to a swab.




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.