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Annual Notice to Physicians 2013

CPT Code Changes for 2013

 

Laboratory Answers to Nurses' Questions (December 2012 Survey)

 

Test Delays

 

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Test Updates

 

2013-06-04 HIV1 HIV2 Antibody-Antigen Screen and Confirmation

2013-05-01 Eswab for Trichomonas Cultures

2013-05-01 Seasonal Rapid Influenza Testing Discontinued

2013-04-24 Bleeding Times Discontinued

2013-03-06 Clinitest Reducing Substances, Infants

2013-03-01 Pentobarbital Method Change

2013-02-22 Heparin Induced Antibody Screening Test (HIT ELISA)

2013-02-07 Glucose Tolerance Test 1 Hour 50 G Interpretative Data

2013-02-01 New Test: Reticulated Hemoglobin Equivalent

2013-01-30 PCR Result Reporting Changes

2013-01-18 Platelet Count Requirement for Platelet Aggregation Studies

2013-01-16 Respiratory Virus Testing - New Platform

2013-01-16 Change to Sample Requirement: C3, C4, IgA, IgG, IgM, Haptoglobin

2013-01-16 Tricyclic Antidepressant Screening Discontinued

2013-01-14 Influenza Testing

2013-01-10 Flu Testing Algorithm

2012-12-28 A1C Glycohemoglobin, Duplicate Orders

2012-12-13 Whole Blood Prothrombin Time Reference Range Change - Operating Rooms Only

2012-12-07 Coagulation Reference Range Changes

2012-12-05 New Test - Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell

2012-11-26 Protein S Ag Free and Total Discontinued

2012-11-15 Phosphorus Body Fluid Testing Discontinued

2012-11-14 Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy Procedural Change

2012-11-01 Rapid Influenza A & B Testing Available

2012-10-30 Mycophenolic Acid MPA

2012-10-22 HBVPCR New Test Version

2012-10-18 Yeast Sensitivity Testing, Candida Species

2012-10-09 Protein C Antigen Testing Discontinued

2012-08-22 Thyroglobulin Antibody Method Change

2012-08-19 Hemoglobin Electrophoresis - New Methods

2012-08-14 Enterovirus PCR Platform Change

2012-08-01 Estradiol Male Reference Range Correction

2012-07-23 Von Willebrand Factor Multimers to Referral Lab

2012-07-20 APC RESIST Reference Range Update

2012-06-11 Laboratory Test Catalog Easier to Use 

2012-06-11 Fibrinogen Antigen Testing Discontinued

2012-05-07 Seasonal Rapid Influenza Testing Discontinued

2012-05-01 Kappa/Lambda Free Light Chains with Ratio

2012-04-23 QuantiFERON Gold - TB Testing

2012-04-16 Lipase Reporting Protocol

2012-03-15 Flow Cytometry Billing Changes

2012-03-02 HCV Genotype Methodology Change

2012-02-29 Clostridium difficile Testing

2012-02-10 Tricyclic Antidepressant Screen

2012-02-07 Thrombin Time Reference Range Change

2012-01-30 Coagulation Reference Range Changes

2012-01-24 Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy Method Change

2012-01-18 Oxygen Index Added to ABG Group

2012-01-03 Free T4 Sample Type Change

2011-12-29 Tricyclic Antidepressant Screen

2011-12-20 Molecular Diagnostic Sensitivity Alert

2011-12-14 BNP Method Change

2011-12-06 Plasma Hemoglobin Reporting

2011-12-05 Reference Range Update - Coagulation Tests

2011-12-05 Specimen Rejection Criteria - Coagulation

 

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