PATH & LAB TERMS
PROCEDURAL TERMS
GUIDELINES
NEED TO KNOW
FRUIT SALAD
100
DEFINE SPECIMEN?
What is A TISSUE SAMPLE
100
WHAT IS A GROSS EXAMINATION?
What is WITH THE NAKED EYE ONLY
100
"THE MATERIAL FOR EXAMINATION MAY BE FROM ___________ SOURCE UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE CODE DESCRIPTOR.
What is ANY
100
What type of drug test measures the presence of a drug in the specimen?
What is QUANTITATIVE
100
What type of drug test measures the amount of a drug in the specimen?
What is QUALITATIVE
200
DEFINE BLOCK?
What is A FROZEN PIECE OF SPECIMEN
200
WHAT IS BILIRUBIN?
What is A yellow bile pigment made in the liver
200
_____________ ______________ PROCEDURES ARE MEDICAL LABORATORY PROCEDURES INVOLVING THE ANALYSES OF NUCLEIC ACID TO DETECT VARIANTS IN GENES THAT MAY BE INDICATIVE OF GERMLINE OR SOMATIC CONDITIONS, OR TO TEST FOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS.
What is MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY
200
What is the name given to grouped laboratory work that represents those tests commonly performed together?
What is PANELS
200
WHEN THERE IS A REPORT THAT IS DISCUSSING WHAT WAS FOUND WITHIN A SPECIMEN IT IS CODED FROM WHAT SECTION?
What is SURGICAL PATHOLOGY
300
AN AUTOPSY IS ALSO CALLED?
What is NECROPSY
300
WHAT IS TSH?
What is THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE
300
IN CONSULTATIONS FOR CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, HOW ARE THE CODES SEPARATED?
What is WITH OR WITHOUT THE HEALTH RECORD
300
THE SERVICES IN THE PATH AND LAB SECTION INCLUDE THE TEST ONLY, THE _____________ OF THE SPECIMEN IS CODED SEPARATELY.
What is COLLECTION
300
WHAT DOES MAAA STAND FOR?
What is MULTIANALYTE ASSAYS WITH ALGORITHMIC ANALYSES
400
DEFINE SECTION?
What is A SLICE OF A BLOCK
400
WHAT IS ANA?
What is Antinuclear Antibody
400
MICROBIOLOGY INCLUDES?
What is BACTERIOLOGY, MYCOLOGY, PARASITOLOGY AND VIROLOGY
400
GIVE ONE OF THE NAMES FOR A BLOOD THINNER?
What is COUMADIN OR WARFARIN
400
WHAT IS DONE DURING AN EVOCATIVE/SUPPRESSION TESTING?
What is VARIOUS INCLUDING: TRYING TO EVOKE A HYPER OR HYPO FUNCTION OF A GLAND
500
NAME THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES A SPECIMEN CAN COME FROM?
What is URINE, BLOOD, FECES, MUCUS MEMBRANES, TISSUE SAMPLES
500
WHAT DOES AN OCCULT BLOOD TEST TELL THE DOCTOR?
WHETHER OR NOT THE PATIENT HAS MICROSCOPIC BLOOD IN THEIR STOOL
500
CYTOPATHOLOGY CODES ARE MOST COMMONLY USED FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
What is PAP SMEAR
500
WHAT ARE THE TWO TESTS RUN BEFORE SOMEONE OVER THE AGE OF 50 CAN GET A RADIOLOGY TEST DONE WITH CONTRAST?
What is BUN AND CREATININE