A patient needs to have a culture done for chlamydia. What is the correct code for this laboratory testing?

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87110 is the correct code for a chlamydia culture from any source.
Code 87109 is incorrect because this code is for a culture for mycoplasma. Code 87116 is incorrect because this code is for tubercle or other acid-fast bacilli culture with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates. Code 87118 is incorrect because this code is for mycobacterial culture with definitive identification.

A Patient Needs to Have a Culture Done for Chlamydia