I thought some here may like the big picture when it comes to infectious diseases and LabCorp's menu. I also included some oddball tests that Lyme physicians or other alternative specialists may consider such as VEGF, CD-57, MSH, etxc.
I have spent time in the past putting this together. If you hear 'we don't do this test', well...pull this out of your back pocket. Maybe it'll help.
Test Name LabCorp Test ID # Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH), Plasma 004440 Anaplasma Phagocytophilum, DNA PCR 138172 Anticardiolipins, IgA, IgG, IgM 161950 Anti-diuretic Hormone (ADH) Profile 046557 ASO Titer (Strep), Ab 006031 B-Type Natriuetic Peptide (BNP) 140889 Babesia Microti, IgM & IgG 138315 Babesia Microti, Real-time DNA PCR 138318 Babesia WA-1, IgG Ab 807177 Bartonella Ab Panel 163162 Bartonella DNA PCR 138350 Blood Culture, Routine 008300 Brucella Ab, IgG 164608 Brucella Ab, IgM 164624 C3a 004220 C4a 004330 Candida Albicans, IgA, IgM, IgG Ab 163135 Catscratch Fever (Bartonella) Ab, IgM/IgG 163162 CD-57 Stricker Panel 505026 Celiac Disease Comprehensive Ab Profile 165126 Chlaymydia Pneumonia (CPN) Ab, IgA, IgM, IgG 139317 Copper, Plasma 001586 Cortisol, AM 104018 C-Reactive Protein (CRP) 006627 Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Ab, IgG 006494 Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Ab, IgM 096727 Ehrlichiosis Profile 164722 Epstein-Barr Virus Ab, IgM 096735 Sedimentation Rate, Modified Westergren (ESR) 005215 Ferritin, Serum 004598 Helicobacter pylori Antibodies, IgG 162289 Helicobacter pylori Antibodies, IgM 163204 Hepatitis C, Ab 140659 HLA DR by PCR 012542 Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, IgA, IgM, IgG 164672 Immunoglobulins, IgG, Subclasses 1-4 209601 Iron and Total Iron Binding Capacity (TIBC) 003121 Legionella Pneumonia, Ab 164616 Leptin, Serum 146712 Lipid with Phenotype 033886 Lyme - Western Blot 163600 Melanocyte-stimulating Hormone (MSH) 010421 MMP-9 (Matrix Metalloproteinase-9) 500124 Mycoplasma Pneumonia Ab, IgG 163741 Mycoplasma Pneumonia Ab, IgM 163212 Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) Activity 146787 Q Fever, Ab 016774 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), IgG Ab 016592 Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF), IgM Ab 016667 Rotavirus, Direct Detection Immunoassay 006866 T. Whippelli Ab 284196 TGF-b1(Human Transforming Growth Factor beta 1) 905036 Toxoplasma Gondii, Ab, IgG 006478 Toxoplasma Gondii, Ab, IgM 096651 Trichinella Spiralis Ab 138578 VEGF, Plasma 117006 VEGF, Serum 117021 Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP), Plasma 010397 West Nile Virus (WNV) Antibody, Serum 138842 Western Equine Encephalitis Virus Antibodies, IgG 162040 Western Equine Encephalitis Virus Antibodies, IgM 162347 Zinc, RBC 070029
[ 05-07-2011, 10:14 PM: Message edited by: seekhelp ]
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Awesome! Posted by map1131 (Member # 2022) on :
Aren't codes universal? My PCP used LabCorp for years and now uses Quest.
So am I thinking correct that the medical code for blood tests Western Blot is #163600 for Lab and Quest?
Thanks for the great info. Maybe some dr can use LabCorp on request? I'm still not sure if they could identify "lyme" antibodies if it bit them in the arse.
Pam
Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :
No Pam, these codes are specific to LabCorp. You're thinking of CPT-4 codes which are universal across insurers. Each lab generates their own test codes internally and bills using CPT-4 codes. The reason I posted what I did is because some of these labs are not even on LabCorp's test menu online. It took research to dig them up.
Posted by Haley (Member # 22008) on :
Wow, this is great information.
I could not get a Babesia test from Lab Corp. without this code. Someone on Lymenet gave it to me.
Hmmm. I saw RMSF on your list. I was told by Lab corp that they don't have this test.
This is going in my Lyme file!
Posted by MariaA (Member # 9128) on :
you can order most of these yourself through places like this (I've done it, you just go to a Labcorp office with the paperwork they email you, and they treat it like a regular doctor ordered the test): http://www.directlabs.com/ Posted by map1131 (Member # 2022) on :
Haley, I asked my PCP to have a run of tests, that was back when he used labcorp....I asked for one of the co-infections and I'm drawing blank on which one. They ran RMSF in place of it.
It had to be ehrlichia or Rickettsia, or babs.
Seek, thank you so much for the info and straightening me out on univeral codes. You must have secret files you are finding such good info.
Pam
Posted by sutherngrl (Member # 16270) on :
Seek, thanks for the work you put into this!
Posted by MariaA (Member # 9128) on :
Seek, this is great. I copied it to my Lymefriends blog so that I can find this info later.
Does anyone know the codes for the cortisol tests that are preferred? I'm not 100% clear on whether that's am/pm cortisol or something else.
Posted by stillwater (Member # 30312) on :
Great work. Thanks.
Posted by RESOLVED. (Member # 24991) on :
fantastic, thanks so much!
Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :
I added to this list. Even better now. Enjoy.
Posted by seibertneurolyme (Member # 6416) on :
Seek,
Do you know if there is a code to test for typhus -- another one of the rickettsia diseases from ticks?
Bea Seibert
Posted by Marine6624 (Member # 28052) on :
Which tests are the most important in determing co-infections ?
Posted by kdelange (Member # 50944) on :
What can be used to order labs when not yet 18y?
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
KD .. welcome!
Maybe you could begin a new thread and ask that question in Medical.
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