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Culture, Aerobic Bacteria and Culture, Anaerobic Bacteria with Gram Stain If culture is positive, identification will be performed at an additional charge (CPT code(s): 87076 and/or 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).
FAQ aerobic bacteria culture cpt code 2019 covering icd 10 code
What is the CPT code for bacterial culture?
Includes Culture, Aerobic Bacteria and Culture, Anaerobic Bacteria with Gram Stain If culture is positive, identification will be performed at an additional charge (CPT code (s): 87076 and/or 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).
What is the CPT code for antibiotic susceptibility?
Antibiotic susceptibilities are only performed when appropriate (CPT code (s): 87181 or 87184 or 87185 or 87186). If culture is positive, identification will be performed at an additional charge (CPT code (s): 87076 and/or 87077 or 87140 or 87143 or 87147 or 87149).
What is the CPT code for bacteria with Gram stain?
Culture, Aerobic Bacteria and Culture, Anaerobic Bacteria with Gram Stain If culture is positive, identification will be performed at an additional charge (CPT code (s): 87076 and/or 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).
What is the CPT code for urine culture?
Use CPT 87184 or 87186 where susceptibility testing of isolates deemed to be significant is performed concurrently with identification. The number of units of service is determined by the number of isolates. These codes are not exclusively used for urine cultures but are appropriate for isolates from other sources as well. e.