Good Afternoon,
I have been trying to figure out if I can count UA dips and UA Cultures as 2 separate tests in my MDM. My company we will run the UA Dip and if it comes back inconclusive, we well send the UA out for a Culture. A separate lab runs the Culture and once we get the results, we do call the patient to update them on the result. So, my question is can I count the UA Culture and UA dip as 1 unique test or 2? I did a little digging and found this: In my opinion I feel the UA culture and UA Dip have overlapping Elements.
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I have been trying to figure out if I can count UA dips and UA Cultures as 2 separate tests in my MDM. My company we will run the UA Dip and if it comes back inconclusive, we well send the UA out for a Culture. A separate lab runs the Culture and once we get the results, we do call the patient to update them on the result. So, my question is can I count the UA Culture and UA dip as 1 unique test or 2? I did a little digging and found this: In my opinion I feel the UA culture and UA Dip have overlapping Elements.
![1692043967765.png 1692043967765.png](https://www.aapc.com/discuss/data/attachments/6/6418-fdbb5dfd4c52606f8c58aee00510de09.jpg)