List of medical tests
medical test is a medical procedure performed to detect, diagnose, or monitor diseases, disease processes, susceptibility, or to determine a course of treatment. The tests are classified by speciality field allowing to know in which ward of hospital or by which specialist doctor are usually these tests performed. This list is not exhaustive but might be useful as a guide.
Where available, ICD-10 codes are listed.[1]
Consulting Room Tests[edit]
These tests are usually performed in a consulting room by any doctor and require no advanced equipment.
- general
- Temperature measurement, with a thermometer
- Patient's Respiratory rate measurement
- Blood oxygen concentration measurement
- taking the patient's pulse
- weighing, and measuring height and girth
- measuring blood pressure
- specific:
Cardiovascular[edit]
Dermatology[edit]
Ear, Nose and Throat[edit]
- hearing test
- laryngoscopy
- vestibular tests
- electronystagmography (ENG)
- videonystagmography (VNG)
Gastrointestinal[edit]
- capsule endoscopy
- coloscopy
- endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- esophageal motility study
- esophageal pH monitoring
- liver biopsy
Hematology[edit]
Laboratory[edit]
- biochemistry
- cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics
- immunology
- microbiology
Neurological[edit]
Obstetric / Gynaecological[edit]
Ocular[edit]
- dilated fundus examination
- multifocal electroretinography (mfERG)
- optical coherence tomography (OCT)
- visual field test
Pulmonary[edit]
Radiology[edit]
- CT scan (B*2****)
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (B*3****)
- nuclear medicine (C******)
- positron-emission tomography (PET)
- projectional radiography (B*0****)
- ultrasonography (B*4****)
Rheumatologic[edit]
Urologic[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Richmond, Donna. "Building an ICD-10-PCS Foundation for Radiology Procedures". www.icd10monitor.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.