SECTION 1 Procedure Coding, Reimbursement, and Billing Compliance SECTION EDITORS: Vickie Baselski and Alice Weissfeld 1.1. Introduction Vickie Baselski and Alice Weissfeld.1.1.1 1.2. Procedure Coding, Reimbursement, and Billing Compliance Vickie Baselski and Alice Weissfeld.
1.2.1.1 1.2.1 Procedure Coding.1.2.
1.1 1.2.2 Procedure BillingB.1.2.2.1 1.
2.3 Coverage of Laboratory Services.1.2.3.1 1.2.4 Billing Compliance Programs.
1.2.4.1 SECTION 2 Specimen Collection, Transport, and Acceptability SECTION EDITORS: Andrea Linscott and Huanyu Wang 2.1. Collection, Transport, and Manipulation of Clinical Specimens and Initial Laboratory Concerns Andrea Linscott.2.1.
1 Table 2.1-1. "Rule-Out" Clinical Impressions and Potential Etiological Agents.2.1.6 Table 2.1-2. General Principles for Specimen Collection.
2.1.17 Table 2.1-3. Common Transport Media.2.1.17 Table 2.
1-4. Collection of Specimens for Bacteriological Analysis.2.1.18 Table 2.1-5. Rejection Criteria for Microbiological Specimens.2.
1.25 Table 2.1-6. Collection of Specimens to Detect Infrequently Encountered Organisms.2.1.28 Table 2.1-7.
Collection of Specimens for Virological Analysis.2.1.30 Table 2.1-8. Laboratory Approaches to Suspected Fungal Infections.2.1.
34 Table 2.1-9. Collection of Specimen to Detect Parasites.2.1.35 Table 2.1-10. Specimen Processing Triage.
2.1.37 Table 2.1-11. Procedure for Processing Clinical Specimens in Microbiology.2.1.37 Table 2.
1-12. Critical in Microbiology.2.1.39 Table 2.1-13. Alert Request.2.
1.39 SECTION 3 Aerobic Bacteriology SECTION EDITOR: Amanda T. Harrington and Melanie L. Yarbrough 3.1. Introduction Amanda T. Harrington and Melanie L. Yarbrough.
3.1.1 3.2. Staining Procedures Steven Dallas and Amanda T. Harrington.3.2.
1.1 3.2.1. Gram Stain.3.2.1.
1 Appendix 3.2.1-1. Preparation of Gram Stain Reagents.3.2.1.X Appendix 3.
2.1-2. Rejection Criteria for Sputum Culture.3.2.1.X Appendix 3.2.
1-3. Reporting Gram-Stained Vaginal Smears To Diagnose Bacterial Vaginosis and Vaginitis.3.2.1.X 3.2.2.
Acridine Orange Stain .3.2.2.1 Appendix 3.2.2-1. Preparation of Acridine Orange Stain.
3.2.2.X 3.2.3. Vaginal Wet Mount.3.
2.3.1 3.2.4. Wet Mount for Detection of Leukocytes and Microorganisms .3.2.
3.1 3.3. Processing, Isolation, Detection, and Interpretation of Aerobic Bacteriology Cultures Amanda T. Harrington and Melanie L. Yarbrough .3.3.
1.1 3.3.1. Processing of Specimens for Aerobic Bacteriology .3.3.1.
1 3.3.2. Interpretation and Rapid Identification of Bacterial Growth on Primary Culture Media.3.3.2.1 3.
4. Body Fluid Cultures (Excluding Blood, Cerebrospinal Fluid, and Urine) Nicholas Moore.3.4.1 3.5. Cerebrospinal Fluid Cultures Rangaraj Selvarangan .3.
7.1 3.6 Medical Devices: Pre- and Postimplant testing.3.6.1 3.7. Fecal and Other Gastrointestinal Cultures and Toxin Assays Dylan R.
Pillai and Thomas Griener.3.7.1.1 3.8.1. Fecal Culture for Aerobic Pathogens of Gastroenteritis .
3.8.1.1 Appendix 3.7.1-1. Detection of Somatic O Antigen Serogroups of Bacteria.3.
8.1.X Appendix 3.7.1-2. Detection of Escherichia coli O157 by Latex Agglutination.3.8.
1.X Appendix 3.7.1-3. Detection of Shiga Toxin by Immunochromatographic Assay.3.7.1.
X 3.7.2. Fecal Culture for Campylobacter and Related Organisms .3.7.2.1 3.
7.3. Helicobacter pylori Cultures .3.7.3.1 Appendix 3.8.
4-1. Helicobacter pylori Antigen Assay (HpSA).3.7.3.X 3.7.4.
Quantitative Culture of Small-Bowel Contents.3.7.4.1 3.8. Genital Cultures Laura Filkins and Omai Garner.3.
8.1.1 3.8.1. Guidelines for Performance of Genital Cultures 3.8.2.
Group B Streptococcus Cultures .3.8.2.1 3.8.3. Neisseria gonorrhoeae Cultures .
3.8.3.1 3.8.4. Haemophilus ducreyi Cultures .3.
8.4.1 3.9. Ocular Cultures Eileen Burd.3.9.1 3.
10. Respiratory Tract Cultures.3.10.1.1 3.10.1.
Guidelines for Performance of Respira.