Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Sarcoptes scabiei (Scabies) Examination Build info

Synonyms

  • SARCOPTES SCABIEI (SCABIES), EVAL
  • Arthropod ID
  • Tick
  • Insect Identification
  • Scabies
  • Parasite
  • Ectoparasite
  • P Insect
  • Mite
  • Sarcoptes scabiei (Scabies), Eval
  • LAB12708

Short Name

SARCOPTES SCABIEI (SCABIES), EVAL

Procedure Master Number

LAB12708

Procedure ID

170106

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

 Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Arm, Left Arm, Right Axilla, Left Axilla, Right Back, Lower Back, Upper Buttock, Left Buttock, Right Cheek Chin Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Show more...

Specimen Types

 Skin

Container

Screw Cap

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Dry skin scrapings or submit scrapings between two microscopic slides rubber-banded together in screw-cap tube or plastic vial
Specimen: Scapings
Transport Temperature: Room Temperature
Stability: Indefinitely Room Temperature or Refrigerated
Unacceptable Frozen

Transport Instructions

Room Temperature

Specimen Stability

Indefinitely Room Temperature or Refrigerated
Unacceptable Frozen

Methodology

Microscopic Examination

Days Performed

2 - 3 Days

Performing Laboratory

Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Chantilly, VA

CPT

87220
LOINC Code: 8251-1

PDM

 2159367

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
S.SCABIEI DETECTION SCABIEI S SCABIEI DETECTION S.Scabiei Detection