91350 Culture, AFB [Blood, Bone Marrow]

Specimen:

Collect:

Blood

Also Acceptable
Bone Marrow

Submit:

Also Acceptable
7 mL Bone Marrow in Sterile Tube. Submit Ambient.

Special Handling:

Critical Ambient
Collect in sterile SPS tube or Myco/F Lytic bottle

Rejection Criteria:

Specimen not submitted at room temperature
Samples submitted in tube other than SPS or Myco/F Lytic bottle

Stability:

Ambient: 3 Day(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

BACTEC Continuous Monitoring System

Performed:

Sun-Sat

Reported:

Final: Negative at 42 days. Positive cultures are reported as soon as detected.

CPT Codes:

87116