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Test Code LAB4315 H Pylori Gastric Bx

Additional Codes

clotest

Test Performed By

Cayuga Medical Center, Main Laboratory

Container Name

Accutest Slide (or Rapid Urea Vial)

Day(s) and Time(s) Test Performed

Monday through Sunday; Continuously

List Price

$66.00

CPT Codes

87077

Temperature

Ambient

Specimen Collection Instructions

Accutest Slide (or rapid urea vial) can be obtained from the laboratory. Keep Accutest Slide at room temperature before and after sample is collected. Keep Rapid Urea Vial refrigerated until the sample is collected. Keep Rapid Urea Vial at room temperature after collection.

Clinical and Interpretive

Gastric antral biopsies can be tested for urease activity to determine whether Helicobacter pylori bacteria are present. The sensitivity of biopsy urease tests is approximately 90-95% and the specificity is 95-100%.

Antisecretory therapy may diminish numbers of bacteria and cause false negative urease tests.