Posted Date
Effective Date
Update Type Test Down or Delayed
CPT Code 87491, 87591
Order Code CHGCU

TEST DELAY

 

There is currently a national shortage of STI test kits and laboratory supplies which impacts Michigan Medicine testing as follows:

 

  • Urine STI testing requires an Aptima Urine transport.  Urines that are received in a cup (not in Aptima transport) will be cancelled. The Aptima Urine Collection kit is not available and on indefinite back order. 
  • MLabs will supply the Aptima MultiTest Specimen Collection kit for Non-Urine STI testing due to unavailability of the Unisex kit.  The MultiTest kit can be used for Urogenital, Oral, and Rectal specimens.  Supplies are limited so we ask that you prioritize testing as recommended by the CDC.

 

Please refer to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance and resources during disruption of STD clinical services at https://www.cdc.gov/std/prevention/disruptionGuidance.htm for recommendations regarding test prioritization for your patients. MLabs tests that are effected are as follows:

 

Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrheoae, Oral

Order Code:                 CHGCO

CPT Code:                   87491, 87591

 

Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrheoae, Rectal

Order Code:                 CHGCR

CPT Code:                   87491, 87591

 

Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrheoae, Urine

Order Code:                 CHGCU

CPT Code:                   87491, 87591

 

Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrheoae, Urogenital

Order Code:                 CHLGC

CPT Code:                   87491, 87591

 

Mycoplasma genitalium RNA, Urine

Order Code:                 MGENU

CPT Code:                   87563

 

Mycoplasma genitalium RNA, Urogenital

Order Code:                 MGEN

CPT Code:                   87563

 

STI Panel , RNA, Urine

Order Code:                 CGTU

CPT Code:                   87491, 87591, 87661

 

STI Panel, RNA Urogenital

Order Code:                 CGT

CPT Code:                   87491, 87591, 87661

 

STI Panel with Mycoplasma genitalium, RNA, Urine

Order Code:                 CGTMU

CPT Code:                   87491, 87591, 87661, 87563

 

STI Panel with Mycoplasma genitalium, RNA, Urogenital

Order Code:                 CGTM

CPT Code:                   87491, 87591, 87661, 87563

 

Trichomonas vaginalis, RNA, Urine

Order Code:                 TVAGU

CPT Code:                   87661

 

Trichomonas vaginalis, RNA, Urogenital

Order Code:                 TVAG

CPT Code:                   87661