Patient Preparation

Patient should not eat, drink, smoke or chew gum for 30 minutes before saliva swab collection
Avoid giving breast milk to neonates 2 hours prior to collection

Collect

1 Saliva swab in UTM, VTM, or M4

Storage/Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Room temperature: 7 days,
Refrigerated: 7 days,
Frozen: 1 month

Performed

Sunday-Saturday

Reported

Next day

Methodology

Real Time PCR

Reference Interval

Not Detected

Lab Department

Molecular Pathology

Testing Location

Central Laboratory

Synonyms

  • CMV
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • CMV PCR
  • CMV by PCR
  • CMV Qualitative
  • CMV Qualitative PCR
  • Qualitative CMV
  • CMV Direct Detection
  • CMV DNA
  • CMV DNA by PCR
  • CMV, Saliva
  • CMV Saliva
  • CMV DNA, Saliva
  • Cytomegalovirus, Saliva
  • CMV NAAT (Nucleic Acid Amplification Test)
  • HHV-5
  • HHV5
  • Human Herpes Virus 5

CPT Codes

87496

Updated

12/10/2024

Interface Order Code (OBR)

CMVSLV

Interface Result Code (OBX)

CCMVPC, CMVPC, SPCTYP
Collecting

Patient Preparation

Patient should not eat, drink, smoke or chew gum for 30 minutes before saliva swab collection
Avoid giving breast milk to neonates 2 hours prior to collection

Collect

1 Saliva swab in UTM, VTM, or M4

Storage/Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Room temperature: 7 days,
Refrigerated: 7 days,
Frozen: 1 month
Resulting

Performed

Sunday-Saturday

Reported

Next day

Methodology

Real Time PCR

Reference Interval

Not Detected
Additional Information

Lab Department

Molecular Pathology

Testing Location

Central Laboratory

Synonyms

  • CMV
  • Cytomegalovirus
  • CMV PCR
  • CMV by PCR
  • CMV Qualitative
  • CMV Qualitative PCR
  • Qualitative CMV
  • CMV Direct Detection
  • CMV DNA
  • CMV DNA by PCR
  • CMV, Saliva
  • CMV Saliva
  • CMV DNA, Saliva
  • Cytomegalovirus, Saliva
  • CMV NAAT (Nucleic Acid Amplification Test)
  • HHV-5
  • HHV5
  • Human Herpes Virus 5
Coding

CPT Codes

87496

Updated

12/10/2024
Interface Mapping

Interface Order Code (OBR)

CMVSLV

Interface Result Code (OBX)

CCMVPC, CMVPC, SPCTYP

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