icd 10 code for urinalysis with culture and sensitivity

How do you interpret urine culture?

 · R82.79 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Other abnormal findings on microbiolog examination of urine; The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R82.79 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R82.79 - other international …

What are the criteria for urine culture?

Urine Culture ICD 10 Codes that Meet Medical Necessity Proprietary Information of UnitedHealthcare Community and State. Copyright 2018 United Healthcare Services, Inc. Unit Code: CPT Code: 85025 87086 87088 URINE CULTURE ICD-10 Codes Covered if selection criteria are met: A02.1 SALMONELLA SEPSIS

What illnesses can an urine culture detect?

 · R82.90 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R82.90 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R82.90 - other international versions of ICD-10 R82.90 may differ.

What is the diagnosis code for urine culture?

 · N39. 0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM N39. 0 became effective on October 1, 2019. Click to see full answer. Beside this, what is a C&S test on urine? Overview. A urine culture is a test that can detect bacteria in your urine.

Test Includes

Reflex to comprehensive urine culture (equivalent to 008086 ). Specimen will reflex to a comprehensive urine culture if any one of the following criteria is present:

Expected Turnaround Time

Turnaround time is defined as the usual number of days from the date of pickup of a specimen for testing to when the result is released to the ordering provider. In some cases, additional time should be allowed for additional confirmatory or additional reflex tests. Testing schedules may vary.

Volume

Urinalysis: 10 mL; Culture: To fill line on Vacutainer® gray-top culture transport tube

Container

BD urine transport tube (preferred) and Vacutainer® gray-top urine culture transport tube with preservative or sterile cup for both assays

Collection

A voided specimen is usually suitable. If the specimen is likely to be contaminated, a clean-catch midstream specimen is desirable.

Storage Instructions

BD urine transport tube: Refrigerated or room temperature for up to 72 hours.

Causes for Rejection

Urinalysis ONLY: Quantity not sufficient for analysis; improper labeling; tubes with boric acid or tartaric acid (eg, BD gray-top C&S tube); LabCorp red-top C&S tube; Boricon, Bortiex, or Boricult yellow-top C&S tubes, specimen received in BD urine transport tube more than 72 hours old; specimen received in urine cup stored at room temperature greater than 2 hours old; specimen received in urine cup refrigerated more than 48 hours old; frozen specimens.

Test Includes

Culture; quantitation, isolation, identification (additional charges/CPT code [s] may apply), and susceptibility testing of up to two organisms at >10,000 colonies/mL if culture results warrant (additional charges/CPT code [s] may apply). CPT coding for microbiology and virology procedures often cannot be determined before the culture is performed.

Special Instructions

Unrefrigerated, unpreserved urine specimens greater than two hours old may be subject to overgrowth with organisms normally present in the urethra and periurethral areas, and may yield inaccurate or misleading results.

Expected Turnaround Time

Turnaround time is defined as the usual number of days from the date of pickup of a specimen for testing to when the result is released to the ordering provider. In some cases, additional time should be allowed for additional confirmatory or additional reflex tests. Testing schedules may vary.

Volume

To minimum fill line (4 mL) on Vacutainer® gray-top urine culture transport tube with preservative (preferred)

Container

Vacutainer® gray-top urine culture transport tube with preservative (preferred). If less than 4 mL of urine is collected, usually from pediatric and geriatric patients or from a catheter, submit refrigerated in a sterile, screw cap container or tube. Do not submit low volume urine specimens in underfilled gray top tubes.

Collection

Clean catch mid-stream collection. First morning specimens yield highest bacterial counts from overnight incubation in the bladder, and are the best specimens. Read Patient Preparation.

Patient Preparation

Patient should be instructed on the proper collection of a clean catch midstream urine specimen. Avoid contamination with normal flora from skin, rectum or vagina. If a clean catch urine cannot be obtained from an infant, obtain a bagged specimen: clean area as for a clean catch, attach U-bag, and put collected urine into a sterile container.

Sample collection and Steps in Urinalysis

Urine sample is collected directly into a sample cup and analysis is done in laboratory by lab technician. Below are the steps followed in performing Urinalysis.

CPT Code for Urinalysis and Guidelines

CPT Codes for Urinalysis is found in section “Pathology and Laboratory” of CPT book, CPT code for Urinalysis ranges from 80047 – 89398

Guidelines to use Modifier with CPT code for Urinalysis

Below are the list of modifiers that can be used with CPT code of Urinalysis.