Wound Culture, Aerobic and Anaerobic

Synonyms

• CX WOUND AEROBIC/ANEROBIC
• DEEP WOUND
• LAB14028
• SURGICAL
• WOUND AER&ANA

Cerner Name

Culture, Wound Aerobe Anaerobe

Clinical Info

This test is for bacterial culture of deep or complex wounds (eg, diabetic foot wounds). Both aerobic and anaerobic culture will be performed.

Specimen Sources

Abdomen/Peritoneum Abscess Adrenal, Left Adrenal, Right Amniotic Sac Ankle, Left Ankle, Right Anus Aortic Valve Appendix Arm, Left Arm, Right Axilla, Left Axilla, Right Back, Lower Back, Upper Bile Duct Bone Brain Breast, Left Breast, Right Buttock, Left Buttock, Right Cervical-Endocervical Cervical-Vaginal Cervix Cheek, Left Cheek, Right Chest Chin Colon Decubitus ulcers Diaphragm Duodenum Ear, Left Ear, Right Elbow, Left Elbow, Right Endocervix Eye, Left Eye, Right Fibroids Finger, Left Finger, Right Foot, Left Foot, Right Forehead 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 Liver Lung, Left Lung, Left Lower Lobe Lung, Left Upper Lobe Lung, Right Lung, Right Lower Lobe Lung, Right Middle Lobe Lung, Right Upper Lobe Lymph Node Mediastinum Misc Mitral Valve Navel Neck Nose Oropharynx/Throat Ovarian Cyst Ovary Pancreas Pancreatic Duct Paratubal Cyst Pelvic Pelvis Penis Pericardium Peritoneal Pharynx Placenta Pleura, Left Pleura, Right Prostate Prosthetic valve Rectum Retroperitoneum Salivary Gland, Left Salivary Gland, Right Scalp Scrotum Shoulder, Left Shoulder, Right Skull Spinal Cord Spleen Stoma Stomach Testicle Testis, Left Testis, Right Thyroid Thyroid, Isthmus Thyroid, Left Thyroid, Right Thyroid, Total Toe, Left Toe, Right Tongue Tonsil Trachea Tricuspid valve Urethra Uterus Vagina Vas Deferens, Left Vas Deferens, Right Vascular Vertebra Vulva Wound Deep Wrist, Left Wrist, Right Show more...

Specimen Types

Aspirate Skin/Wound Swab

Specimen Volume

Container

Submit specimen in ESwab or anaerobic transport media

Collection Instructions

 Label swab with patient’s name (first and last), date and actual time of collection, and type of specimen. 
Maintain sterility and forward promptly at ambient temperature.Note:  Specimen source is required on request form for processing.

Transport Instructions

ambient temperature

Specimen Stability

72 hours at ambient temperature

Methodology

Bacterial Culture

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratories

• Northwell Health -LNP

CPT

87070 - culture, bacterial; aerobic
87075 - culture, bacterial; anaerobic
87205- Gram Stain
If culture is positive, additional charge(s)/CPT code(s) may apply for identification
and/or antibiotic susceptibilities performed when appropriate.

PDM

237378

Results

Result Interpretation

Forms