Autopsy Culture

Synonyms

• CX AUTOPSY
• LAB11874
• POSTMORTEM

Cerner Name

Autopsy Culture

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

Adenoids Amniotic Sac Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Aortic Valve Arm, Left Arm, Right Autopsy Autopsy Brain Only Autopsy Pediatric Axilla, Left Axilla, Right Back, Lower Back, Upper Bile Duct Bladder Blood, Peripheral Bone Marrow Brain Breast, Left Breast, Right Buttock, Left Buttock, Right Cervix Cheek, Left Cheek, Right Chest Chin Colon Decubitus ulcers Duodenum Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Elbow, Right Eye, Left Eye, Right Fibroids Finger, Left Finger, Right Foot, Left Foot, Right Forehead Frontal sinus Gallbladder Gastric Groin Hand, Left Hand, Right Hardware/Implants Heart Hip, Left Hip, Right Jaw, Left Jaw, Right Kidney, Left Kidney, Right Knee, Left Knee, Right Labia Larynx Leg, Left Leg, Right Lip, Lower Lip, Upper Liver Lumbar Puncture Lung, Left Lower Lobe Lung, Left Upper Lobe Lung, Right Lower Lobe Lung, Right Middle Lobe Lung, Right Upper Lobe Lymph Node Mitral Valve Nares Nasopharynx Navel Neck Nose Oral Mucosa Oropharynx Ovarian Cyst Ovary Pancreas Paranasal Pelvis Penis Pericardium Peritoneal Pharynx Placenta Pleura, Left Pleura, Right Prostate Prosthetic valve Rectum Scalp Scrotum Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Right Sinus, Nasal Skull Spleen Stomach Testicle Thyroid Toe, Left Toe, Right Tongue Tonsil Trachea Tricuspid valve Urethra Vertebra Vulva Wrist, Left Wrist, Right Show more...

Specimen Types

Aspirate Blood Body Fluid Bone Cerebrospinal Fluid Foreign Body Respiratory Tissue

Container

Sterile

Collection Instructions

Specimen Volume

Transport Instructions

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Days Performed

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories
If culture is positive, additional charge(s)/CPT code(s) may apply for identification
and/or antibiotic susceptibilities performed when appropriate.

CPT

87070

PDM

6201338

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Orderable Everywhere

Results

Result Interpretation

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