CPT 81001

81003 - Urinalysis, automated without microscopy

Lab Dept: Urine/Stool

Test Name: URINALYSIS (UA)

General Information

Lab Order Codes: UA

Synonyms: Urinalysis, Routine

CPT Codes: 81001 - Urinalysis, automated with microscopy

Test Includes: Bilirubin, blood, clarity, color, glucose, ketones, leukocyte esterase, nitrite, pH, protein, specific gravity, and urobilinogen

Logistics

Test Indications: Useful as a screen for abnormalities of urine; diagnosing and managing renal diseases, urinary tract infections, urinary tract neoplasms, systemic diseases, inflammatory or neoplastic diseases adjacent to the urinary tract

and dehydration. 

Lab Testing Sections: Urinalysis

Phone Numbers: MIN Lab: 612-813-6280

STP Lab: 651-220-6550

Test Availability: Daily, 24 hours

Turnaround Time: 2 hours

Special Instructions: Send to lab within 30 minutes of collection.

CPT/HCPCS Codes GroupName

81000 URINALYSIS, BY DIP STICK OR TABLET REAGENT FOR BILIRUBIN, GLUCOSE, HEMOGLOBIN, KETONES, LEUKOCYTES, NITRITE, PH, PROTEIN, SPECIFIC GRAVITY, UROBILINOGEN, ANY NUMBER OF THESE CONSTITUENTS; NON-AUTOMATED, WITH MICROSCOPY

81001 URINALYSIS, BY DIP STICK OR TABLET REAGENT FOR BILIRUBIN, GLUCOSE, HEMOGLOBIN, KETONES, LEUKOCYTES, NITRITE, PH, PROTEIN, SPECIFIC GRAVITY, UROBILINOGEN, ANY NUMBER OF THESE CONSTITUENTS; AUTOMATED, WITH MICROSCOPY

81002 URINALYSIS, BY DIP STICK OR TABLET REAGENT FOR BILIRUBIN, GLUCOSE, HEMOGLOBIN, KETONES, LEUKOCYTES, NITRITE, PH, PROTEIN, SPECIFIC GRAVITY, UROBILINOGEN, ANY NUMBER OF THESE CONSTITUENTS; NON-AUTOMATED, WITHOUT MICROSCOPY

81003 URINALYSIS, BY DIP STICK OR TABLET REAGENT FOR BILIRUBIN, GLUCOSE, HEMOGLOBIN, KETONES, LEUKOCYTES, NITRITE, PH, PROTEIN, SPECIFIC GRAVITY, UROBILINOGEN, ANY NUMBER OF THESE CONSTITUENTS; AUTOMATED, WITHOUT MICROSCOPY

81005 URINALYSIS; QUALITATIVE OR SEMIQUANTITATIVE, EXCEPT IMMUNOASSAYS

11/21/2010 - For the following CPT/HCPCS codes either the short description and/or the long description was changed. Depending on which description is used in this LCD, there may not be any change in how the code displays in the document:

81000 descriptor was changed in Group 1

81001 descriptor was changed in Group 1

81003 descriptor was changed in Group 1

81020 descriptor was changed in Group 1

URINALAYSIS

CPT CODES: 81000 Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet reagent for bilirubin, glucose, hemoglobin, ketones, leukocytes, nitrite, pH, protein, specific  gravity, urobilinogen, any number of these constituents;  non-automated, with microscopy

 81001 automated, with microscopy

 81002 non-automated, without microscopy

 81003 automated, without microscopy

81005 Urinalysis, qualitative or semi-quantitative, except immunoassays

81007 Urinalysis, bacteriuria screen, by non-culture, commercial kit

 81015 Urinalysis, microscopic only

 81025 Urine pregnancy test, by visualcolor comparison methods

 81050 Volume measurement for timed collection, each 

Correspondence Language Policy/Example Number 4.80000 - Mutually exclusive procedures

For example, CPT codes 81000 and 81001 describe different ways of performing urinalysis with microscopy. The procedure described by CPT code 81000 utilizes a manual process with dip stick or tablet reagent, and the procedure described by CPT code 81001 utilizes an automated process. 

Since both procedures would not be performed on the same urine specimen at the same patient encounter, the two procedures are mutually exclusive of one another.