List of medical tests
A 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.
Consulting Room Tests
These tests are usually performed in a consulting room by any doctor and require no advanced equipment.
- general
- Temperature measurement, with a thermometer
- taking the patient's pulse
- weighing, and measuring height and girth
- measuring blood pressure
- specific:
- abdominal palpation
- cardiac ausculation
- HEENT examination
- digital rectal examination
- neurological examination
- psychiatric assessment
- pulmonary auscultation
- vaginal examination
Dermatology
Ear, Nose and Throat
- hearing test
- laryngoscopy
- vestibular tests
- electronystagmography (ENG)
- videonystagmography (VNG)
Gastrointestinal
- capsule endoscopy
- coloscopy
- endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- esophageal motility study
- esophageal pH monitoring
- liver biopsy
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Hematology
Laboratory
- biochemistry
- Arterial blood gas (ABG)
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) (including CHEM-7)
- coagulation tests
- C-reactive protein
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- FibroTest
- urea breath test
- urinalysis
- cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics
- immunology
- microbiology
Neurological
- electroencephalogram
- electromyography (EMG)
- lumbar puncture
- neuropsychological tests
Obstetric / Gynaecological
- amniocentesis
- colposcopy
- hysteroscopy
- Smear tests such as Pap smears
Ocular
Radiology
- 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
Urologic
Notes and references
- Richmond, Donna. "Building an ICD-10-PCS Foundation for Radiology Procedures". www.icd10monitor.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
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