Test Code UAPOS UA (URINALYSIS);CULTURE IF POS
Additional Codes
LAB14587
If Reflex Criteria is met a Urine Culture will be performed
Test Code: C-UR
Test Name: URINE CULTURE
Performing Laboratory
Porter Hospital Laboratory and UVMMC Laboratory
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: Urine
Container/Tube: Plastic Container
Specimen Volume: 20 ml; submit 12.0 mL urine
Specimen Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Send specimen in a sterile plastic container with lid securely attached.
2. Place patient label on container, not on lid.
3. No preservative. Refrigerate specimen after collection.
4. Specimens left at Room Temperature for more than 1 hour maybe rejected.
5. Urine samples are stable for 24 hours at 2 – 8º C.
Specimen Transport Temperature
Refrigerate
Test Classification and CPT Coding
81003 for UA
If UA with Microscopic is done, 81001 will be charged instead.
If a Urine Culture is done a 87086 will be charged.
Organism ID and Sensitivity charges will also be added if applicable.
Test Schedule / Analytical Time / Test Priority / Turn around Time
Daily / 24 Hours / Available STAT / Routine - 4 Hours
STAT - 60 Minutes (without Culture)
Culture will take 2-5 days depending on growth
Methodology
Cliniteck, Refractometer, Microscopic Evaluation, Culture
Reference Values
See UA Information