Laboratories Flashcards
Clinical laboratory improvement amendments
CLIA
Designed to improve lab accuracy
CLIA Waved
It means that it’s gonna be on the lower scale when it comes to complex and perform as well as reading the results
Reference lab
Laboratories done outside of providers practice
Send patient with lab requisites patient will have lab work done outside of practice and results will be sent back to a providers practice
Physicians office laboratory
Within the practice, laboratories are done in office and have a quicker turnaround
CLIA waved tests
Medical assistance can only partake in these tests
Autoclave
Sterilizes instruments
Centerfuge
Spins and separates blood and urine specimens
Test kits
Points of care machines
CLIA WAVED
Microscope
Only used by providers
POL testing kits
CLIA waved testing
Low complexity when performing and reading results results are either quantitative or qualitative
Strep test kits
Influenza test kits
Urine pregnancy
COVID-19 test kit
Quantitative test results
Results are a number value
Qualitative test results
Results are either positive or negative
Demographic information
Name address, date of birth, sex, telephone number insurance information, provider, information, diagnosis or indication for testing and order date
Insurance information
Guarantor insurance plan, group number, ID number and possible self-pay
Testing information
Individual individually check each test panels may be ordered
ICD-10 coding information
Called strictly from the patient chart and verify with provider if necessary