Preliminary at 24 and 48 hours. Final at 72 hours.
CPT Code:
87070
Specimen Collection Details
Collection:
Vaginal or cervical specimen using a Routine Culture transport swab.
Stability:
24 hours ambient for all organisms except Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC). GC stable 6 hours ambient. Unstable frozen. Unstable refrigerated when looking for Neisseria gonorrhoeae or other fastidious organisms.
Delayed transport; frozen specimen; specimen collected with cotton swab when looking for Neisseria gonorrhoeae or other fastidious organisms; swab not in transport media.