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      <p>Release Date: 2016-11-11</p>
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          <td>
            <b>Level</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Code</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Display</b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <b>Definition</b>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>
            <span style="color: grey">
              <i>(_DecisionObservationMethod)</i>
            </span>
            <b>
              <i>Abstract</i>
            </b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <a name="_DecisionObservationMethod"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>
                        Provides codes for decision methods, initially for assessing the causality of events.
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  ALGM
                  <a name="ALGM"></a></td>
          <td>algorithm</td>
          <td>
                        Reaching a decision through the application of an algorithm designed to weigh the different factors involved.
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>3</td>
          <td>    BYCL
                  <a name="BYCL"></a></td>
          <td>bayesian calculation</td>
          <td>
                        Reaching a decision through the use of Bayesian statistical analysis.
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  GINT
                  <a name="GINT"></a></td>
          <td>global introspection</td>
          <td>
                        Reaching a decision by consideration of the totality of factors involved in order to reach a judgement.
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>
            <span style="color: grey">
              <i>(_GeneticObservationMethod)</i>
            </span>
            <b>
              <i>Abstract</i>
            </b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <a name="_GeneticObservationMethod"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>
                        A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the genetic analysis. Example, PCR, Micro Array
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  PCR
                  <a name="PCR"></a></td>
          <td>PCR</td>
          <td>
                        
                           Description: Polymerase Chain Reaction
                  <br /></td>
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        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>
            <span style="color: grey">
              <i>(_ObservationMethodAggregate)</i>
            </span>
            <b>
              <i>Abstract</i>
            </b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <a name="_ObservationMethodAggregate"> </a>
          </td>
          <td>
                        Provides additional detail about the aggregation methods used to compute the aggregated values for an observation. This is an abstract code.
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  AVERAGE
                  <a name="AVERAGE"></a></td>
          <td>average</td>
          <td>
                        Average of non-null values in the referenced set of values
                  <br /></td>
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        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  COUNT
                  <a name="COUNT"></a></td>
          <td>count</td>
          <td>
                        Count of non-null values in the referenced set of values
                  <br /></td>
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        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  MAX
                  <a name="MAX"></a></td>
          <td>maxima</td>
          <td>
                        Largest of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
                  <br /></td>
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        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  MEDIAN
                  <a name="MEDIAN"></a></td>
          <td>median</td>
          <td>
                        The median of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
                  <br /></td>
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          <td>2</td>
          <td>  MIN
                  <a name="MIN"></a></td>
          <td>minima</td>
          <td>
                        Smallest of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
                  <br /></td>
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        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  MODE
                  <a name="MODE"></a></td>
          <td>mode</td>
          <td>
                        The most common value of all non-null values in the referenced set of values.
                  <br /></td>
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          <td>2</td>
          <td>  STDEV.P
                  <a name="STDEV.46P"></a></td>
          <td>population standard deviation</td>
          <td>
                        Standard Deviation of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over the population.
                  <br /></td>
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          <td>2</td>
          <td>  STDEV.S
                  <a name="STDEV.46S"></a></td>
          <td>sample standard deviation</td>
          <td>
                        Standard Deviation of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over a sample of the population.
                  <br /></td>
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        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  SUM
                  <a name="SUM"></a></td>
          <td>sum</td>
          <td>
                        Sum of non-null values in the referenced set of values
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  VARIANCE.P
                  <a name="VARIANCE.46P"></a></td>
          <td>population variance</td>
          <td>
                        Variance of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over the population.
                  <br /></td>
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        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  VARIANCE.S
                  <a name="VARIANCE.46S"></a></td>
          <td>sample variance</td>
          <td>
                        Variance of the values in the referenced set of values, computed over a sample of the population.
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>
            <span style="color: grey">
              <i>(_VerificationMethod)</i>
            </span>
            <b>
              <i>Abstract</i>
            </b>
          </td>
          <td>
            <a name="_VerificationMethod"> </a>
          </td>
          <td />
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  VDOC
                  <a name="VDOC"></a></td>
          <td>document verification</td>
          <td>
                        Verification by means of document.
                  <br />

                        
                           Example: Fax, letter, attachment to e-mail.
                  <br /></td>
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        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  VREG
                  <a name="VREG"></a></td>
          <td>registry verification</td>
          <td>
                        verification by means of  a response to an electronic query
                  <br />

                        
                           Example: query message to a Covered Party registry application or Coverage Administrator.
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
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          <td>2</td>
          <td>  VTOKEN
                  <a name="VTOKEN"></a></td>
          <td>electronic token verification</td>
          <td>
                        Verification by means of electronic token.
                  <br />

                        
                           Example: smartcard, magnetic swipe card, RFID device.
                  <br /></td>
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        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  VVOICE
                  <a name="VVOICE"></a></td>
          <td>voice-based verification</td>
          <td>
                        Verification by means of voice.
                  <br />

                        
                           Example: By speaking with or calling the Coverage Administrator or Covered Party
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0001
                  <a name="0001"></a></td>
          <td>Complement fixation</td>
          <td>
                        Complement fixation
                  <br /></td>
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        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0002
                  <a name="0002"></a></td>
          <td>Computed axial tomography</td>
          <td>
                        Computed axial tomography
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0003
                  <a name="0003"></a></td>
          <td>HLAR agar test</td>
          <td>
                        Susceptibility, High Level Aminoglycoside Resistance agar test
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0004
                  <a name="0004"></a></td>
          <td>Macroscopic observation</td>
          <td>
                        Visual, Macroscopic observation
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0005
                  <a name="0005"></a></td>
          <td>Magnetic resonance</td>
          <td>
                        Computed, Magnetic resonance
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0006
                  <a name="0006"></a></td>
          <td>Morphometry</td>
          <td>
                        Computed, Morphometry
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0007
                  <a name="0007"></a></td>
          <td>Positron emission tomography</td>
          <td>
                        Computed, Positron emission tomography
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0008
                  <a name="0008"></a></td>
          <td>SAMHSA confirmation</td>
          <td>
                        SAMHSA drug assay confirmation
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0009
                  <a name="0009"></a></td>
          <td>SAMHSA screening</td>
          <td>
                        SAMHSA drug assay screening
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0010
                  <a name="0010"></a></td>
          <td>Serum Neutralization</td>
          <td>
                        Serum Neutralization
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0011
                  <a name="0011"></a></td>
          <td>Titration</td>
          <td>
                        Titration
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0012
                  <a name="0012"></a></td>
          <td>Ultrasound</td>
          <td>
                        Ultrasound
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0013
                  <a name="0013"></a></td>
          <td>X-ray crystallography</td>
          <td>
                        X-ray crystallography
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0014
                  <a name="0014"></a></td>
          <td>Agglutination</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0015
                  <a name="0015"></a></td>
          <td>Buffered acidified plate agglutination</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination, Buffered acidified plate
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0016
                  <a name="0016"></a></td>
          <td>Card agglutination</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination, Card
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0017
                  <a name="0017"></a></td>
          <td>Hemagglutination</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination, Hemagglutination
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0018
                  <a name="0018"></a></td>
          <td>Hemagglutination inhibition</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination, Hemagglutination inhibition
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0019
                  <a name="0019"></a></td>
          <td>Latex agglutination</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination, Latex
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0020
                  <a name="0020"></a></td>
          <td>Plate agglutination</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination, Plate
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0021
                  <a name="0021"></a></td>
          <td>Rapid agglutination</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination, Rapid Plate
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0022
                  <a name="0022"></a></td>
          <td>RBC agglutination</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination, RBC
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0023
                  <a name="0023"></a></td>
          <td>Rivanol agglutination</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination, Rivanol
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0024
                  <a name="0024"></a></td>
          <td>Tube agglutination</td>
          <td>
                        Agglutination, Tube
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0025
                  <a name="0025"></a></td>
          <td>Bioassay</td>
          <td>
                        Bioassay
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0026
                  <a name="0026"></a></td>
          <td>Animal Inoculation</td>
          <td>
                        Bioassay, Animal Inoculation
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0027
                  <a name="0027"></a></td>
          <td>Cytotoxicity</td>
          <td>
                        Bioassay, Cytotoxicity
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0028
                  <a name="0028"></a></td>
          <td>Embryo infective dose 50</td>
          <td>
                        Bioassay, Embryo Infective Dose 50
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0029
                  <a name="0029"></a></td>
          <td>Embryo lethal dose 50</td>
          <td>
                        Bioassay, Embryo Lethal Dose 50
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0030
                  <a name="0030"></a></td>
          <td>Mouse intercerebral inoculation</td>
          <td>
                        Bioassay, Mouse intercerebral inoculation
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0031
                  <a name="0031"></a></td>
          <td>Bioassay, qualitative</td>
          <td>
                        Bioassay, qualitative
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0032
                  <a name="0032"></a></td>
          <td>Bioassay, quantitative</td>
          <td>
                        Bioassay, quantitative
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0033
                  <a name="0033"></a></td>
          <td>Chemical method</td>
          <td>
                        Chemical
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0034
                  <a name="0034"></a></td>
          <td>Differential light absorption chemical test</td>
          <td>
                        Chemical, Differential light absorption
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0035
                  <a name="0035"></a></td>
          <td>Dipstick</td>
          <td>
                        Chemical, Dipstick
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0036
                  <a name="0036"></a></td>
          <td>Dipstick colorimetric laboratory test</td>
          <td>
                        Chemical, Dipstick colorimetric laboratory test
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0037
                  <a name="0037"></a></td>
          <td>Test strip</td>
          <td>
                        Chemical, Test strip
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0038
                  <a name="0038"></a></td>
          <td>Chromatography</td>
          <td>
                        Chromatography
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0039
                  <a name="0039"></a></td>
          <td>Affinity chromatography</td>
          <td>
                        Chromatography, Affinity
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0040
                  <a name="0040"></a></td>
          <td>Gas liquid chromatography</td>
          <td>
                        Chromatography, Gas liquid
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0041
                  <a name="0041"></a></td>
          <td>High performance liquid chromatography</td>
          <td>
                        Chromatography, High performance liquid
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0042
                  <a name="0042"></a></td>
          <td>Liquid Chromatography</td>
          <td>
                        Chromatography, Liquid
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0043
                  <a name="0043"></a></td>
          <td>Protein A affinity chromatography</td>
          <td>
                        Chromatography, Protein A affinity
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0044
                  <a name="0044"></a></td>
          <td>Coagulation</td>
          <td>
                        Coagulation
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0045
                  <a name="0045"></a></td>
          <td>Tilt tube coagulation time</td>
          <td>
                        Coagulation, Tilt tube
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0046
                  <a name="0046"></a></td>
          <td>Tilt tube reptilase induced coagulation</td>
          <td>
                        Coagulation, Tilt tube reptilase induced
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0047
                  <a name="0047"></a></td>
          <td>Automated count</td>
          <td>
                        Count, Automated
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0048
                  <a name="0048"></a></td>
          <td>Manual cell count</td>
          <td>
                        Count, Manual
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0049
                  <a name="0049"></a></td>
          <td>Platelet count, Rees-Ecker</td>
          <td>
                        Count, Platelet, Rees-Ecker
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0050
                  <a name="0050"></a></td>
          <td>Aerobic Culture</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Aerobic
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0051
                  <a name="0051"></a></td>
          <td>Anaerobic Culture</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Anaerobic
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0052
                  <a name="0052"></a></td>
          <td>Chicken embryo culture</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Chicken Embryo
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0053
                  <a name="0053"></a></td>
          <td>Delayed secondary enrichment</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Delayed secondary enrichment
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0054
                  <a name="0054"></a></td>
          <td>Microaerophilic Culture</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Microaerophilic
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0055
                  <a name="0055"></a></td>
          <td>Quantitative microbial culture, cup</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Quantitative microbial, cup
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0056
                  <a name="0056"></a></td>
          <td>Quantitative microbial culture, droplet</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Quantitative microbial, droplet
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0057
                  <a name="0057"></a></td>
          <td>Quantitative microbial culture, filter paper</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Quantitative microbial, filter paper
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0058
                  <a name="0058"></a></td>
          <td>Quantitative microbial culture, pad culture</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Quantitative microbial, pad
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0059
                  <a name="0059"></a></td>
          <td>Quantitative microbial culture, pour plate</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Quantitative microbial, pour plate
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0060
                  <a name="0060"></a></td>
          <td>Quantitative microbial culture, surface streak</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Quantitative microbial, surface streak
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0061
                  <a name="0061"></a></td>
          <td>Somatic Cell culture</td>
          <td>
                        Culture, Somatic Cell
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0062
                  <a name="0062"></a></td>
          <td>Agar diffusion</td>
          <td>
                        Diffusion, Agar
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0063
                  <a name="0063"></a></td>
          <td>Agar Gel Immunodiffusion</td>
          <td>
                        Diffusion, Agar Gel Immunodiffusion
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0064
                  <a name="0064"></a></td>
          <td>Electrophoresis</td>
          <td>
                        Electrophoresis
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0065
                  <a name="0065"></a></td>
          <td>Agaorse gel electrophoresis</td>
          <td>
                        Electrophoresis, Agaorse gel
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0066
                  <a name="0066"></a></td>
          <td>Electrophoresis, citrate agar</td>
          <td>
                        Electrophoresis, citrate agar
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0067
                  <a name="0067"></a></td>
          <td>Immunoelectrophoresis</td>
          <td>
                        Electrophoresis, Immuno
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0068
                  <a name="0068"></a></td>
          <td>Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis</td>
          <td>
                        Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide gel
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0069
                  <a name="0069"></a></td>
          <td>Starch gel electrophoresis</td>
          <td>
                        Electrophoresis, Starch gel
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0070
                  <a name="0070"></a></td>
          <td>ELISA</td>
          <td>
                        ELISA
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0071
                  <a name="0071"></a></td>
          <td>ELISA, antigen capture</td>
          <td>
                        ELISA, antigen capture
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0072
                  <a name="0072"></a></td>
          <td>ELISA, avidin biotin peroxidase complex</td>
          <td>
                        ELISA, avidin biotin peroxidase complex
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0073
                  <a name="0073"></a></td>
          <td>Kinetic ELISA</td>
          <td>
                        ELISA, Kinetic
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0074
                  <a name="0074"></a></td>
          <td>ELISA, peroxidase-antiperoxidase</td>
          <td>
                        ELISA, peroxidase-antiperoxidase
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0075
                  <a name="0075"></a></td>
          <td>API 20 Strep</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API 20 Strep
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0076
                  <a name="0076"></a></td>
          <td>API 20A</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API 20A
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0077
                  <a name="0077"></a></td>
          <td>API 20C AUX</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API 20C AUX
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0078
                  <a name="0078"></a></td>
          <td>API 20E</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API 20E
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0079
                  <a name="0079"></a></td>
          <td>API 20NE</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API 20NE
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0080
                  <a name="0080"></a></td>
          <td>API 50 CH</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API 50 CH
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0081
                  <a name="0081"></a></td>
          <td>API An-IDENT</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API An-IDENT
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0082
                  <a name="0082"></a></td>
          <td>API Coryne</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API Coryne
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0083
                  <a name="0083"></a></td>
          <td>API Rapid 20E</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API Rapid 20E
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0084
                  <a name="0084"></a></td>
          <td>API Staph</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API Staph
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0085
                  <a name="0085"></a></td>
          <td>API ZYM</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, API ZYM
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0086
                  <a name="0086"></a></td>
          <td>Bacterial identification</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, Bacterial
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0087
                  <a name="0087"></a></td>
          <td>mini VIDAS</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, mini VIDAS
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0088
                  <a name="0088"></a></td>
          <td>Phage susceptibility typing</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, Phage susceptibility typing
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0089
                  <a name="0089"></a></td>
          <td>Quad-FERM+</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, Quad-FERM+
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0090
                  <a name="0090"></a></td>
          <td>RAPIDEC Staph</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, RAPIDEC Staph
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0091
                  <a name="0091"></a></td>
          <td>Staphaurex</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, Staphaurex
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0092
                  <a name="0092"></a></td>
          <td>VIDAS</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, VIDAS
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0093
                  <a name="0093"></a></td>
          <td>Vitek</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, Vitek
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0094
                  <a name="0094"></a></td>
          <td>VITEK 2</td>
          <td>
                        Identification, VITEK 2
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0095
                  <a name="0095"></a></td>
          <td>Immune stain</td>
          <td>
                        Immune stain
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0096
                  <a name="0096"></a></td>
          <td>Immunofluorescent antibody, direct</td>
          <td>
                        Immune stain, Immunofluorescent antibody, direct
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0097
                  <a name="0097"></a></td>
          <td>Immunofluorescent antibody, indirect</td>
          <td>
                        Immune stain, Immunofluorescent antibody, indirect
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0098
                  <a name="0098"></a></td>
          <td>Immunoperoxidase, Avidin-Biotin Complex</td>
          <td>
                        Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Avidin-Biotin Complex
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0099
                  <a name="0099"></a></td>
          <td>Immunoperoxidase, Peroxidase anti-peroxidase complex</td>
          <td>
                        Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Peroxidase anti-peroxidase complex
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0100
                  <a name="0100"></a></td>
          <td>Immunoperoxidase, Protein A-peroxidase complex</td>
          <td>
                        Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Protein A-peroxidase complex
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0101
                  <a name="0101"></a></td>
          <td>Immunoassay</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0102
                  <a name="0102"></a></td>
          <td>Immunoassay, qualitative, multiple step</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, qualitative, multiple step
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0103
                  <a name="0103"></a></td>
          <td>Immunoassay, qualitative, single step</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, qualitative, single step
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0104
                  <a name="0104"></a></td>
          <td>Radioimmunoassay</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, Radioimmunoassay
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0105
                  <a name="0105"></a></td>
          <td>Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, multiple step</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, multiple step
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0106
                  <a name="0106"></a></td>
          <td>Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, single step</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, single step
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0107
                  <a name="0107"></a></td>
          <td>Microscopy</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0108
                  <a name="0108"></a></td>
          <td>Darkfield microscopy</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Darkfield
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0109
                  <a name="0109"></a></td>
          <td>Electron microscopy</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Electron
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0110
                  <a name="0110"></a></td>
          <td>Electron microscopy tomography</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Electron microscopy tomography
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0111
                  <a name="0111"></a></td>
          <td>Electron microscopy, negative stain</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Electron, negative stain
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0112
                  <a name="0112"></a></td>
          <td>Electron microscopy, thick section</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Electron, thick section transmission
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0113
                  <a name="0113"></a></td>
          <td>Electron microscopy, thin section</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Electron, thin section transmission
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0114
                  <a name="0114"></a></td>
          <td>Microscopy, Light</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Light
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0115
                  <a name="0115"></a></td>
          <td>Polarizing light microscopy</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Polarized light
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0116
                  <a name="0116"></a></td>
          <td>Scanning electron microscopy</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Scanning electron
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0117
                  <a name="0117"></a></td>
          <td>Transmission electron microscopy</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Transmission electron
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0118
                  <a name="0118"></a></td>
          <td>Transparent tape direct examination</td>
          <td>
                        Microscopy, Transparent tape direct examination
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0119
                  <a name="0119"></a></td>
          <td>3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, 3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0120
                  <a name="0120"></a></td>
          <td>Branched Chain DNA</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Branched Chain DNA
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0121
                  <a name="0121"></a></td>
          <td>Hybridization Protection Assay</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Hybridization Protection Assay
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0122
                  <a name="0122"></a></td>
          <td>Immune blot</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Immune blot
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0123
                  <a name="0123"></a></td>
          <td>In-situ hybridization</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, In-situ hybridization
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0124
                  <a name="0124"></a></td>
          <td>Ligase Chain Reaction</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Ligase Chain Reaction
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0125
                  <a name="0125"></a></td>
          <td>Ligation Activated Transcription</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Ligation Activated Transcription
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0126
                  <a name="0126"></a></td>
          <td>Nucleic Acid Probe</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Nucleic Acid Probe
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0128
                  <a name="0128"></a></td>
          <td>Nucleic acid probe with amplification</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Nucleic acid probe with amplification
                  <br /><br />

                        Rationale: Duplicate of code 0126. Use code 0126 instead.
                </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0129
                  <a name="0129"></a></td>
          <td>Nucleic acid probe with target amplification</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Nucleic acid probe with target amplification
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0130
                  <a name="0130"></a></td>
          <td>Nucleic acid reverse transcription</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Nucleic acid reverse transcription
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0131
                  <a name="0131"></a></td>
          <td>Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Analysis</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Analysis
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0132
                  <a name="0132"></a></td>
          <td>Polymerase chain reaction</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Polymerase chain reaction
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0133
                  <a name="0133"></a></td>
          <td>Q-Beta Replicase or probe amplification category method</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Q-Beta Replicase or probe amplification category method
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0134
                  <a name="0134"></a></td>
          <td>Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0135
                  <a name="0135"></a></td>
          <td>Southern Blot</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Southern Blot
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0136
                  <a name="0136"></a></td>
          <td>Strand Displacement Amplification</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Strand Displacement Amplification
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0137
                  <a name="0137"></a></td>
          <td>Transcription Mediated Amplification</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Transcription Mediated Amplification
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0138
                  <a name="0138"></a></td>
          <td>Western Blot</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Western Blot
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0139
                  <a name="0139"></a></td>
          <td>Flocculation</td>
          <td>
                        Precipitation, Flocculation
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0140
                  <a name="0140"></a></td>
          <td>Immune precipitation</td>
          <td>
                        Precipitation, Immune precipitation
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0141
                  <a name="0141"></a></td>
          <td>Milk ring test</td>
          <td>
                        Precipitation, Milk ring test
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0142
                  <a name="0142"></a></td>
          <td>Precipitin</td>
          <td>
                        Precipitation, Precipitin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0143
                  <a name="0143"></a></td>
          <td>Acid fast stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Acid fast
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0144
                  <a name="0144"></a></td>
          <td>Acid fast stain, fluorochrome</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Acid fast, fluorochrome
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0145
                  <a name="0145"></a></td>
          <td>Acid fast stain, Kinyoun's cold carbolfuchsin</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Acid fast, Kinyoun's cold carbolfuchsin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0146
                  <a name="0146"></a></td>
          <td>Acid fast stain, Ziehl-Neelsen</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Acid fast, Ziehl-Neelsen
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0147
                  <a name="0147"></a></td>
          <td>Acid phosphatase stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Acid phosphatase
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0148
                  <a name="0148"></a></td>
          <td>Acridine orange stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Acridine orange
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0149
                  <a name="0149"></a></td>
          <td>Active brilliant orange KH stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Active brilliant orange KH
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0150
                  <a name="0150"></a></td>
          <td>Alazarin red S stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Alazarin red S
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0151
                  <a name="0151"></a></td>
          <td>Alcian blue stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Alcian blue
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0152
                  <a name="0152"></a></td>
          <td>Alcian blue with Periodic acid Schiff stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Alcian blue with Periodic acid Schiff
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0153
                  <a name="0153"></a></td>
          <td>Argentaffin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Argentaffin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0154
                  <a name="0154"></a></td>
          <td>Argentaffin silver stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Argentaffin silver
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0155
                  <a name="0155"></a></td>
          <td>Azure-eosin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Azure-eosin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0156
                  <a name="0156"></a></td>
          <td>Basic Fuschin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Basic Fuschin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0157
                  <a name="0157"></a></td>
          <td>Bennhold stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Bennhold
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0158
                  <a name="0158"></a></td>
          <td>Bennhold's Congo red stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Bennhold's Congo red
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0159
                  <a name="0159"></a></td>
          <td>Bielschowsky stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Bielschowsky
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0160
                  <a name="0160"></a></td>
          <td>Bielschowsky's silver stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Bielschowsky's silver
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0161
                  <a name="0161"></a></td>
          <td>Bleach stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Bleach
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0162
                  <a name="0162"></a></td>
          <td>Bodian stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Bodian
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0163
                  <a name="0163"></a></td>
          <td>Brown-Brenn stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Brown-Brenn
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0164
                  <a name="0164"></a></td>
          <td>Butyrate-esterase stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Butyrate-esterase
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0165
                  <a name="0165"></a></td>
          <td>Calcofluor white fluorescent stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Calcofluor white fluorescent
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0166
                  <a name="0166"></a></td>
          <td>Carbol-fuchsin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Carbol-fuchsin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0167
                  <a name="0167"></a></td>
          <td>Carmine stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Carmine
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0168
                  <a name="0168"></a></td>
          <td>Churukian-Schenk stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Churukian-Schenk
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0169
                  <a name="0169"></a></td>
          <td>Congo red stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Congo red
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0170
                  <a name="0170"></a></td>
          <td>Cresyl echt violet stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Cresyl echt violet
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0171
                  <a name="0171"></a></td>
          <td>Crystal violet stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Crystal violet
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0172
                  <a name="0172"></a></td>
          <td>De Galantha stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, De Galantha
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0173
                  <a name="0173"></a></td>
          <td>Dieterle silver impregnation stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Dieterle silver impregnation
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0174
                  <a name="0174"></a></td>
          <td>Fite-Farco stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Fite-Farco
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0175
                  <a name="0175"></a></td>
          <td>Fontana-Masson silver stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Fontana-Masson silver
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0176
                  <a name="0176"></a></td>
          <td>Fouchet stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Fouchet
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0177
                  <a name="0177"></a></td>
          <td>Gomori stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Gomori
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0178
                  <a name="0178"></a></td>
          <td>Gomori methenamine silver stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Gomori methenamine silver
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0179
                  <a name="0179"></a></td>
          <td>Gomori-Wheatly trichrome stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Gomori-Wheatly trichrome
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0180
                  <a name="0180"></a></td>
          <td>Gridley stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Gridley
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0181
                  <a name="0181"></a></td>
          <td>Grimelius silver stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Grimelius silver
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0182
                  <a name="0182"></a></td>
          <td>Grocott stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Grocott
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0183
                  <a name="0183"></a></td>
          <td>Grocott methenamine silver stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Grocott methenamine silver
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0184
                  <a name="0184"></a></td>
          <td>Hale's colloidal ferric oxide stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Hale's colloidal ferric oxide
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0185
                  <a name="0185"></a></td>
          <td>Hale's colloidal iron stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Hale's colloidal iron
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0186
                  <a name="0186"></a></td>
          <td>Hansel stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Hansel
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0187
                  <a name="0187"></a></td>
          <td>Harris regressive hematoxylin and eosin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Harris regressive hematoxylin and eosin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0188
                  <a name="0188"></a></td>
          <td>Hematoxylin and eosin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Hematoxylin and eosin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0189
                  <a name="0189"></a></td>
          <td>Highman stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Highman
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0190
                  <a name="0190"></a></td>
          <td>Holzer stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Holzer
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0191
                  <a name="0191"></a></td>
          <td>Iron hematoxylin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Iron hematoxylin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0192
                  <a name="0192"></a></td>
          <td>Jones stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Jones
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0193
                  <a name="0193"></a></td>
          <td>Jones methenamine silver stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Jones methenamine silver
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0194
                  <a name="0194"></a></td>
          <td>Kossa stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Kossa
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0195
                  <a name="0195"></a></td>
          <td>Lawson-Van Gieson stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Lawson-Van Gieson
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0196
                  <a name="0196"></a></td>
          <td>Loeffler methylene blue stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Loeffler methylene blue
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0197
                  <a name="0197"></a></td>
          <td>Luxol fast blue with cresyl violet stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Luxol fast blue with cresyl violet
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0198
                  <a name="0198"></a></td>
          <td>Luxol fast blue with Periodic acid-Schiff stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Luxol fast blue with Periodic acid-Schiff
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0199
                  <a name="0199"></a></td>
          <td>MacNeal's tetrachrome blood stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, MacNeal's tetrachrome blood
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0200
                  <a name="0200"></a></td>
          <td>Mallory-Heidenhain stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Mallory-Heidenhain
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0201
                  <a name="0201"></a></td>
          <td>Masson trichrome stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Masson trichrome
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0202
                  <a name="0202"></a></td>
          <td>Mayer mucicarmine stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Mayer mucicarmine
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0203
                  <a name="0203"></a></td>
          <td>Mayers progressive hematoxylin and eosin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Mayers progressive hematoxylin and eosin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0204
                  <a name="0204"></a></td>
          <td>May-Grunwald Giemsa stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, May-Grunwald Giemsa
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0205
                  <a name="0205"></a></td>
          <td>Methyl green stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Methyl green
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0206
                  <a name="0206"></a></td>
          <td>Methyl green pyronin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Methyl green pyronin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0207
                  <a name="0207"></a></td>
          <td>Modified Gomori-Wheatly trichrome stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Modified Gomori-Wheatly trichrome
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0208
                  <a name="0208"></a></td>
          <td>Modified Masson trichrome stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Modified Masson trichrome
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0209
                  <a name="0209"></a></td>
          <td>Modified trichrome stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Modified trichrome
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0210
                  <a name="0210"></a></td>
          <td>Movat pentachrome stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Movat pentachrome
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0211
                  <a name="0211"></a></td>
          <td>Mucicarmine stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Mucicarmine
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0212
                  <a name="0212"></a></td>
          <td>Neutral red stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Neutral red
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0213
                  <a name="0213"></a></td>
          <td>Night blue stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Night blue
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0214
                  <a name="0214"></a></td>
          <td>Non-specific esterase stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Non-specific esterase
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0215
                  <a name="0215"></a></td>
          <td>Oil red-O stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Oil red-O
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0216
                  <a name="0216"></a></td>
          <td>Orcein stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Orcein
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0217
                  <a name="0217"></a></td>
          <td>Perls' stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Perls'
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0218
                  <a name="0218"></a></td>
          <td>Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0219
                  <a name="0219"></a></td>
          <td>Potassium ferrocyanide stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Potassium ferrocyanide
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0220
                  <a name="0220"></a></td>
          <td>Prussian blue stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Prussian blue
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0221
                  <a name="0221"></a></td>
          <td>Putchler modified Bennhold stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Putchler modified Bennhold
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0222
                  <a name="0222"></a></td>
          <td>Quinacrine fluorescent stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Quinacrine fluorescent
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0223
                  <a name="0223"></a></td>
          <td>Reticulin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Reticulin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0224
                  <a name="0224"></a></td>
          <td>Rhodamine stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Rhodamine
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0225
                  <a name="0225"></a></td>
          <td>Safranin stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Safranin
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0226
                  <a name="0226"></a></td>
          <td>Schmorl stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Schmorl
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0227
                  <a name="0227"></a></td>
          <td>Seiver-Munger stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Seiver-Munger
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0228
                  <a name="0228"></a></td>
          <td>Silver stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Silver
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0229
                  <a name="0229"></a></td>
          <td>Specific esterase stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Specific esterase
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0230
                  <a name="0230"></a></td>
          <td>Steiner silver stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Steiner silver
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0231
                  <a name="0231"></a></td>
          <td>Sudan III stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Sudan III
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0232
                  <a name="0232"></a></td>
          <td>Sudan IVI stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Sudan IVI
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0233
                  <a name="0233"></a></td>
          <td>Sulfated alcian blue stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Sulfated alcian blue
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0234
                  <a name="0234"></a></td>
          <td>Supravital stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Supravital
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0235
                  <a name="0235"></a></td>
          <td>Thioflavine-S stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Thioflavine-S
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0236
                  <a name="0236"></a></td>
          <td>Three micron Giemsa stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Three micron Giemsa
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0237
                  <a name="0237"></a></td>
          <td>Vassar-Culling stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Vassar-Culling
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0238
                  <a name="0238"></a></td>
          <td>Vital Stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, Vital
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0239
                  <a name="0239"></a></td>
          <td>von Kossa stain</td>
          <td>
                        Stain, von Kossa
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0243
                  <a name="0243"></a></td>
          <td>Minimum bactericidal concentration test, macrodilution</td>
          <td>
                        Susceptibility, Minimum bactericidal concentration, macrodilution
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0244
                  <a name="0244"></a></td>
          <td>Minimum bactericidal concentration test, microdilution</td>
          <td>
                        Susceptibility, Minimum bactericidal concentration, microdilution
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0247
                  <a name="0247"></a></td>
          <td>Turbidometric</td>
          <td>
                        Turbidometric
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0248
                  <a name="0248"></a></td>
          <td>Refractometric</td>
          <td>
                        Turbidometric, Refractometric
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0249
                  <a name="0249"></a></td>
          <td>Thin layer chromatography (TLC)</td>
          <td>
                        Chromatography, Thin Layer
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0250
                  <a name="0250"></a></td>
          <td>EMIT</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, enzyme-multiplied technique (EMIT)
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0251
                  <a name="0251"></a></td>
          <td>Flow cytometry (FC)</td>
          <td>
                        Flow Cytometry
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0252
                  <a name="0252"></a></td>
          <td>Radial immunodiffusion (RID)</td>
          <td>
                        Radial Immunodiffusion
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0253
                  <a name="0253"></a></td>
          <td>Fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA)</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, Fluorescence Polarization
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0254
                  <a name="0254"></a></td>
          <td>Immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE)</td>
          <td>
                        Electrophoresis, Immunofixation
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0255
                  <a name="0255"></a></td>
          <td>Equilibrium dialysis</td>
          <td>
                        Dialysis, Direct Equilibrium
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0256
                  <a name="0256"></a></td>
          <td>Kleihauer-Betke acid elution</td>
          <td>
                        Acid Elution, Kleihauer-Betke Method
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0257
                  <a name="0257"></a></td>
          <td>Anti-complement immunofluorescence (ACIF)</td>
          <td>
                        Immunofluorescence, Anti-Complement
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0258
                  <a name="0258"></a></td>
          <td>GC/MS</td>
          <td>
                        Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0259
                  <a name="0259"></a></td>
          <td>Nephelometry</td>
          <td>
                        Light Scatter, Nephelometry
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0260
                  <a name="0260"></a></td>
          <td>IgE immunoassay antibody</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, IgE Antibody Test
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0261
                  <a name="0261"></a></td>
          <td>Lymphocyte Microcytotoxicity Assay</td>
          <td>
                        Lymphocyte Microcytotoxicity Assay
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0262
                  <a name="0262"></a></td>
          <td>Spectrophotometry</td>
          <td>
                        Spectrophotometry
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0263
                  <a name="0263"></a></td>
          <td>Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS)</td>
          <td>
                        Spectrophotometry, Atomic Absorption
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0264
                  <a name="0264"></a></td>
          <td>Ion selective electrode (ISE)</td>
          <td>
                        Electrochemical, Ion Selective Electrode
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0265
                  <a name="0265"></a></td>
          <td>Gas chromatography (GC)</td>
          <td>
                        Chromatography, Gas
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0266
                  <a name="0266"></a></td>
          <td>Isoelectric focusing (IEF)</td>
          <td>
                        Isoelectric Focusing
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0267
                  <a name="0267"></a></td>
          <td>Immunochemiluminescence</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, Chemiluminescent
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0268
                  <a name="0268"></a></td>
          <td>Microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA)</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, Microparticle Enzyme
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0269
                  <a name="0269"></a></td>
          <td>ICP/MS</td>
          <td>
                        Inductively-Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0270
                  <a name="0270"></a></td>
          <td>Immunoradiometric assay (IRMA)</td>
          <td>
                        Immunoassay, Immunoradiometric Assay
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0271
                  <a name="0271"></a></td>
          <td>Photo optical clot detection</td>
          <td>
                        Coagulation, Photo Optical Clot Detection
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0280
                  <a name="0280"></a></td>
          <td>Susceptibility Testing</td>
          <td>
                        Test methods designed to determine a microorganismaTMs susceptibility to being killed by an antibiotic.
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0240
                  <a name="0240"></a></td>
          <td>Antibiotic sensitivity, disk</td>
          <td>
                        Susceptibility, Antibiotic sensitivity, disk
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0241
                  <a name="0241"></a></td>
          <td>BACTEC susceptibility test</td>
          <td>
                        Susceptibility, BACTEC susceptibility test
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0242
                  <a name="0242"></a></td>
          <td>Disk dilution</td>
          <td>
                        Susceptibility, Disk dilution
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0272
                  <a name="0272"></a></td>
          <td>Minimum Inhibitory Concentration</td>
          <td>
                        Testing to measure the minimum concentration of the antibacterial agent in a given culture medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited.
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>3</td>
          <td>    0245
                  <a name="0245"></a></td>
          <td>Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, macrodilution</td>
          <td>
                        Susceptibility, Minimum Inhibitory concentration, macrodilution
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>3</td>
          <td>    0246
                  <a name="0246"></a></td>
          <td>Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, microdilution</td>
          <td>
                        Susceptibility, Minimum Inhibitory concentration, microdilution
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0273
                  <a name="0273"></a></td>
          <td>Viral Genotype Susceptibility</td>
          <td />
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0274
                  <a name="0274"></a></td>
          <td>Viral Phenotype Susceptibility</td>
          <td />
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0275
                  <a name="0275"></a></td>
          <td>Gradient Strip</td>
          <td />
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0275a
                  <a name="0275a"></a></td>
          <td>Minimum Lethal Concentration (MLC)</td>
          <td />
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0276
                  <a name="0276"></a></td>
          <td>Slow Mycobacteria Susceptibility</td>
          <td>
                        Testing to measure the minimum concentration of the antibacterial agent in a given culture medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited.
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0277
                  <a name="0277"></a></td>
          <td>Serum bactericidal titer</td>
          <td />
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0278
                  <a name="0278"></a></td>
          <td>Agar screen</td>
          <td />
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2</td>
          <td>  0279
                  <a name="0279"></a></td>
          <td>Disk induction</td>
          <td />
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0127
                  <a name="0127"></a></td>
          <td>Nucleic acid probe</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Nucleic acid probe
                  <br /></td>
        </tr>
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