Test Code Joint Panel Joint Infection Panel

Performing Laboratory

Memorial Hospital-Microbiology Laboratory

304-388-9353

Specimen Requirements

Synovial fluid only

Specimen Rejection

Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
Quantity not sufficient
Specimens other than synovial fluid

Storage and Stability

7 days at 2-8^o

Reference Values

None detected

Methodology

PCR-Biofire

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Daily

CPT Coding

87999

98800