. EYE CULTURE AND GRAM STAIN General Information Lab Order Codes: EYEC Synonyms: Culture, Eye; Culture, Conjunctiva; Culture, Cornea CPT Codes: 87070 – Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates 87205 – Smear, primary source with interpretation; Gram or Giemsa . Corneal scraping: 1. Procedure performed by ophthalmologist. 2. Contact Microbiology for media for direct inoculation.

Corneal scraping, tear samples and . Various investigative modalities [Table 1] supplement the clinical diagnosis and provide supportive evidence for planning therapy. . Sharma S, Kunimoto DY, Gopinathan U, Athmanathan S, Garg P, Rao GN. Evaluation of corneal scraping smear examination methods in the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal keratitis: A survey of eight years of laboratory experience.

following confocal microscopy diagnostic codes: Acantha-moeba,possible Acanthamoeba, ruleout Acanthamoeba,chronic keratitis, contact lens keratitis, corneal ulcer, . Corneal scraping for smear and culture was recom- . disease resolution with anti-Acanthamoeba treatment in which disease is defined as positive on the basis of

Two distinct clinical entities of this disease in the eye exist: corneal deep stromal infection in immunocompetent patients and superficial keratoconjunctivitis in patients with AIDS . Direct smear examination and culture results of corneal scrapings from 30 patients with microsporidial . the first corneal scraping taken from the patients with suspected microbial keratitis is always used for KOH+CFW staining. Although this may account for greater detection of organisms in .

11.21 Scraping of cornea for smear or culture. 11.22 Biopsy of cornea. 11.29 Other diagnostic procedures on cornea

Swab Corneal scraping material on culture media provided. Stability: Refrigerated: Information not available Frozen: Information not available Ambient: 24 Hours. . Transport Temperature: Room Temperature. Transport Container: Swab, Culture. The CPT codes provided are based on AMA guidelines and are for informational purposes only. CPT coding is the sole responsibility of the billing party. . List of all conditions/diseases.

Corneal ulcer, or ulcerative keratitis, . Corneal ulcers are a common human eye disease. They are caused by trauma, particularly with vegetable matter, as well as chemical injury, contact lenses and infections. . Doing a corneal scraping and examining under the microscope with stains like Gram's and KOH preparation may reveal the bacteria and fungi respectively.

Corneal Culture Tutorial. Contributor: Chris Watts. In this updated video Chris Watts of the University of Iowa goes over how to perform a culture of the cornea.

INSTITUTIONAL SEGREGATED TOTAL LOG FORM OPHTHALMOLOGY . codes and nomenclature found in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), 9th Edition, which is used by medical record administrators. . Scraping cornea, diagnostic for smear and/or culture 11.21 65420 D. *Keratoplasty 1. *Keratoplasty (corneal transplant) penetrating (except in aphakia); preserved tissue 65745