O. Reg. 61/02: GENERAL

BACTERIOLOGY

1.

L622

Chlamydia — culture isolation or non-cultural assays

2.

L625

Cultures — cervical, vaginal, including GC culture, Gram smear, yeast identification (e.g. Germ tube)

3.

L627

Cultures — GC culture and smear

4.

L628

Cultures — other swabs or pus-culture and smear (includes screening)

5.

L629

Cultures — sputum-culture and smear

6.

L630

Cultures — stool culture, including the necessary agglutinations and culture for campylobacter

7.

L631

Cultures — tuberculosis, including ZN or fluorescent smear

8.

L634

Cultures — urine calibrated volume to include plate, turbidimetric or photometric techniques

9.

L640

Cultures — throat swab, for streptococcus screen only

10.

L641

Cultures — urine, screening, actual culture without identification

11.

L643

Smear only, Gram or Papanicolaou stain, as sole procedure

12.

L653

Wet preparation (for fungus, trichomonas, parasites)

13.

L636

Streptococcus grouping, Lancefield or equivalent with extractions

14.

L638

Streptococcus grouping, coagglutination method

15.

L656

Penicillinase production

16.

L637

Virus Isolation

MYCOLOGY

17.

L626

Cultures — fungus, including KOH preparation and smear

18.

L652

Smear only, special stain, e.g. ZN, inclusions, spores, diphtheria

PARASITOLOGY

19.

L650

Parasites and ova (faeces concentration)

20.

L654

Parasites and ova, smear only, special stain(s)

21.

L651

Pinworm (Scotch tape prep)

CYTOLOGY

22.

L710

Direct smears — oral, larynx, nipple discharge, vulvar

23.

L713

Cervicovaginal specimen (including all types of cellular abnormality, assessment of flora and/or cytohormonal evaluation)

24.

L733

Cervicovaginal specimen (including all types of cellular abnormality, assessment of flora and/or cytohormonal evaluation) using the monolayer cell methodology.

25.

L716

Sputum per specimen for general and/or specified assessment (e.g. cellular abnormality, asbestos bodies, lipid, hemosiderin, etc.)

26.

L718

Seminal fluid examination (complete)

27.

L719

Smear for spermatozoa only (post-operative)

BIOCHEMISTRY

28.

L005

Albumin, quantitative

29.

L018

Amylase

30.

L030

Bilirubin, total

31.

L031

Bilirubin, conjugated

32.

L040

Carbamazepine, quantitative (Tegretol)

33.

L045

Calcium

34.

L053

Chloride

35.

L055

Cholesterol, total

36.

L067

Creatinine

37.

L078

Drugs of abuse screen, urine

38.

L085

Electrophoresis, serum — including total protein

39.

L107

Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase

40.

L111

Glucose, quantitative (not by dipstick)

41.

L093

Glycosylated hemoglobin — HgbA1

42.

L117

High density lipoprotein cholesterol

43.

L139

Iron, Total — with iron binding capacity and percent saturation

44.

L148

Lead

45.

L157

Lithium

46.

L181

Occult blood

47.

L191

Phosphatase, alkaline

48.

L194

Phosphorus (inorganic phosphate)

49.

L204

Potassium

50.

L208

Protein, total

51.

L215

Quinidine

52.

L221

Salicylate, quantitative

53.

L222

SGOT (AST)

54.

L223

SGPT (ALT)

55.

L226

Sodium

56.

L073

Target drug testing, urine, qualitative or quantitative

57.

L243

Triglycerides

58.

L252

Uric acid (urate)

59.

L253

Urinalysis, routine chemical (any of S.G., pH, protein, sugar, hemoglobin, ketones, urobilinogen, bilirubin, leukocyte esterase, nitrate)

60.

L254

Urinalysis microscopic examination of centrifuged specimen

61.

L257

Valproic acid (valproate)

IMMUNOASSAYS

62.

L306

Digoxin

63.

L309

Folate, in red cells, to include hematocrit and if requested, serum folate.

64.

L310

Estradiol

65.

L311

Estriol

66.

L315

FSH (pituitary gonadotrophins)

67.

L318

HCG (human chorionic gonadotrophins)

68.

L319

Hepatitis associated antigen or antibody immunoassay (e.g. hepatitis B surface antigen or antibody, hepatitis B core antibody, hepatitis A antibody)

69.

L321

Aminophylline (theophylline)

70.

L324

Diphenylhydantoin (phenytoin), quantitative (dilantin)

71.

L329

Ferritin

72.

L330

Parathyroid hormone

73.

L332

Prolactin

74.

L341

TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone)

75.

L345

Vitamin B₁₂

76.

L691

Alphafetoprotein

77.

L605

1,25-dihydroxy Vitamin D

78.

L606

25- hydroxy Vitamin D

IMMUNOLOGY

79.

L500

Screen for miscellaneous agglutination reactions

80.

L544

Fluorescent Antibody Tests (Immunofluorescent Studies), Tests for serum antibodies to tissue and cell components — antinuclear

81.

L655

Pregnancy test

82.

L667

Non-cultural direct bacterial antibody or antigen assays by fluorescence, agglutination or ELISA techniques

83.

L668

Heterophile antibodies — screen (slide or single tube) — with or without absorption

84.

L679

Virus antibodies — hemagglutination inhibition or ELISA techniques

85.

L683

Non-cultural indirect antibody or antigen assays by fluorescence, agglutination or ELISA technique

HEMATOLOGY

86.

L393

Complete Blood Count (any method)

87.

L377

Bleeding time — Ivy method

88.

L395

Eosinophil count

89.

L398

Reticulocyte count

90.

L419

Hemoglobin electrophoresis or chromatography to include Hb A₂ fraction

91.

L445

Prothrombin time

92.

L452

Sickle cell preparation

93.

L462

Partial thromboplastin time

IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY

94.

L481

Antibody Titre per antibody, per specimen

95.

L482

Antibody screening

96.

L490

Blood Group — ABO and RhD

97.

L493

Blood Group — ABO and Rh Phenotype