A patient needs to have a culture done of his stool looking for Salmonella and Shigella. This will be performed as an aerobic stool sample with isolation and preliminary examination. What is the correct CPT code for this laboratory test?

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87045 is the correct code for aerobic stool culture with isolation and preliminary examination for Salmonella and Shigella species.
Code 87040 is incorrect because this code is for blood bacterial culture. Code 87046 is incorrect because, even though this is an aerobic stool culture, it is for additional pathogens with identification of isolates. Code 87070 is incorrect because this code is for culture of any other source except for urine, blood or stool.

A Patient Needs to Have a Culture Done of His