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A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique used to ascertain the observation. Examples: Blood pressure measurement method: arterial puncture vs. sphygmomanometer (Riva-Rocci), sitting vs. supine position, etc. OpenIssue: Description copied from Concept Domain of same name. Must be verified. Note that the Domain has a full discussion about use of the attribute and constraining that is not appropriate for the code system description. Needs to be improved.

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  <id value="v3-ObservationMethod"/>
  <meta>
    <lastUpdated value="2015-11-30T00:00:00.000+11:00"/>
    <profile value="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-shareable-definition"/>
  </meta>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p>Release Date: 2015-11-30</p>

      <p>OID for code system: 2.16.840.1.113883.5.84</p>

      <p>OID for value set: 2.16.840.1.113883.1.11.20423 (this is the value set that includes the
           entire code system)</p>

      <h2>Description</h2>

      <p>
                  A code that provides additional detail about the means or technique
           used to ascertain the observation.
        <br/>

                  
                     Examples: Blood pressure measurement method: arterial puncture vs.
           sphygmomanometer (Riva-Rocci), sitting vs. supine position, etc. 
        <br/>

                  
                     OpenIssue: Description copied from Concept Domain of same name. 
           Must be verified.  Note that the Domain has a full discussion about use of the attribute
           and constraining that is not appropriate for the code system description.  Needs to be
           improved.
        <br/>

               
      </p>

      <hr/>

      <table class="grid">
 
        <tr>
          <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>
          </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>
          </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>
        </tr>
 
        <tr>
          <td>1</td>
          <td>
            <span style="color: grey">
              <i>(_ObservationMethodAggregate)</i>
            </span>
          </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>
        </tr>
 
        <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>
        </tr>
 
        <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>
        </tr>
 
        <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>
        </tr>
 
        <tr>
          <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>
        </tr>
 
        <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>
        </tr>
 
        <tr>
          <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>
        </tr>
 
        <tr>
          <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>
        </tr>
 
        <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>
        </tr>
 
        <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>
          </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>
        </tr>
 
        <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>
 
        <tr>
          <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>
        </tr>
 
        <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>
        </tr>
 
        <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 style="background: #EFEFEF">
          <td>1</td>
          <td>0127
            <a name="0127"> </a> 
            <b>
              <i>Deprecated</i>
            </b>
          </td>
          <td>Nucleic acid probe</td>
          <td>
                        Molecular, Nucleic acid probe
            <br/>

                     
          </td>
        </tr>

      </table>

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      <concept>
        <code value="ALGM"/>
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        <concept>
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      <concept>
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        <code value="SUM"/>
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      </concept>
      <concept>
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      <code value="0001"/>
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      <code value="0002"/>
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      <code value="0003"/>
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      <definition value="Susceptibility, High Level Aminoglycoside Resistance agar test"/>
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      <code value="0004"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
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      <code value="0007"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Positron emission tomography"/>
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      <code value="0008"/>
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      <code value="0009"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
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      <code value="0010"/>
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      <code value="0011"/>
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    <concept>
      <code value="0012"/>
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      <code value="0013"/>
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      <display value="X-ray crystallography"/>
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    <concept>
      <code value="0014"/>
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      <code value="0015"/>
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      <code value="0016"/>
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      <display value="Card agglutination"/>
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      <code value="0018"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Hemagglutination inhibition"/>
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    <concept>
      <code value="0019"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Latex agglutination"/>
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    <concept>
      <code value="0020"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Plate agglutination"/>
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    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0021"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Rapid agglutination"/>
      <definition value="Agglutination, Rapid Plate"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0022"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="RBC agglutination"/>
      <definition value="Agglutination, RBC"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0023"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Rivanol agglutination"/>
      <definition value="Agglutination, Rivanol"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0024"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Tube agglutination"/>
      <definition value="Agglutination, Tube"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0025"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Bioassay"/>
      <definition value="Bioassay"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0026"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Animal Inoculation"/>
      <definition value="Bioassay, Animal Inoculation"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0027"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Cytotoxicity"/>
      <definition value="Bioassay, Cytotoxicity"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0028"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Embryo infective dose 50"/>
      <definition value="Bioassay, Embryo Infective Dose 50"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0029"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Embryo lethal dose 50"/>
      <definition value="Bioassay, Embryo Lethal Dose 50"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0030"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Mouse intercerebral inoculation"/>
      <definition value="Bioassay, Mouse intercerebral inoculation"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0031"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Bioassay, qualitative"/>
      <definition value="Bioassay, qualitative"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0032"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Bioassay, quantitative"/>
      <definition value="Bioassay, quantitative"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0033"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Chemical method"/>
      <definition value="Chemical"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0034"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Differential light absorption chemical test"/>
      <definition value="Chemical, Differential light absorption"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0035"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Dipstick"/>
      <definition value="Chemical, Dipstick"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0036"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Dipstick colorimetric laboratory test"/>
      <definition value="Chemical, Dipstick colorimetric laboratory test"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0037"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Test strip"/>
      <definition value="Chemical, Test strip"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0038"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Chromatography"/>
      <definition value="Chromatography"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0039"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Affinity chromatography"/>
      <definition value="Chromatography, Affinity"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0040"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Gas liquid chromatography"/>
      <definition value="Chromatography, Gas liquid"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0041"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="High performance liquid chromatography"/>
      <definition value="Chromatography, High performance liquid"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0042"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Liquid Chromatography"/>
      <definition value="Chromatography, Liquid"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0043"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Protein A affinity chromatography"/>
      <definition value="Chromatography, Protein A affinity"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0044"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Coagulation"/>
      <definition value="Coagulation"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0045"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Tilt tube coagulation time"/>
      <definition value="Coagulation, Tilt tube"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0046"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Tilt tube reptilase induced coagulation"/>
      <definition value="Coagulation, Tilt tube reptilase induced"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0047"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Automated count"/>
      <definition value="Count, Automated"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0048"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Manual cell count"/>
      <definition value="Count, Manual"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0049"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Platelet count, Rees-Ecker"/>
      <definition value="Count, Platelet, Rees-Ecker"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0050"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Aerobic Culture"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Aerobic"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0051"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Anaerobic Culture"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Anaerobic"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0052"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Chicken embryo culture"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Chicken Embryo"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0053"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Delayed secondary enrichment"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Delayed secondary enrichment"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0054"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Microaerophilic Culture"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Microaerophilic"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0055"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Quantitative microbial culture, cup"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Quantitative microbial, cup"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0056"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Quantitative microbial culture, droplet"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Quantitative microbial, droplet"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0057"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Quantitative microbial culture, filter paper"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Quantitative microbial, filter paper"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0058"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Quantitative microbial culture, pad culture"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Quantitative microbial, pad"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0059"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Quantitative microbial culture, pour plate"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Quantitative microbial, pour plate"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0060"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Quantitative microbial culture, surface streak"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Quantitative microbial, surface streak"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0061"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Somatic Cell culture"/>
      <definition value="Culture, Somatic Cell"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0062"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Agar diffusion"/>
      <definition value="Diffusion, Agar"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0063"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Agar Gel Immunodiffusion"/>
      <definition value="Diffusion, Agar Gel Immunodiffusion"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0064"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Electrophoresis"/>
      <definition value="Electrophoresis"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0065"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Agaorse gel electrophoresis"/>
      <definition value="Electrophoresis, Agaorse gel"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0066"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Electrophoresis, citrate agar"/>
      <definition value="Electrophoresis, citrate agar"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0067"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunoelectrophoresis"/>
      <definition value="Electrophoresis, Immuno"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0068"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis"/>
      <definition value="Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide gel"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0069"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Starch gel electrophoresis"/>
      <definition value="Electrophoresis, Starch gel"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0070"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="ELISA"/>
      <definition value="ELISA"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0071"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="ELISA, antigen capture"/>
      <definition value="ELISA, antigen capture"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0072"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="ELISA, avidin biotin peroxidase complex"/>
      <definition value="ELISA, avidin biotin peroxidase complex"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0073"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Kinetic ELISA"/>
      <definition value="ELISA, Kinetic"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0074"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="ELISA, peroxidase-antiperoxidase"/>
      <definition value="ELISA, peroxidase-antiperoxidase"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0075"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API 20 Strep"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API 20 Strep"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0076"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API 20A"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API 20A"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0077"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API 20C AUX"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API 20C AUX"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0078"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API 20E"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API 20E"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0079"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API 20NE"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API 20NE"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0080"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API 50 CH"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API 50 CH"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0081"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API An-IDENT"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API An-IDENT"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0082"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API Coryne"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API Coryne"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0083"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API Rapid 20E"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API Rapid 20E"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0084"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API Staph"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API Staph"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0085"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="API ZYM"/>
      <definition value="Identification, API ZYM"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0086"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Bacterial identification"/>
      <definition value="Identification, Bacterial"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0087"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="mini VIDAS"/>
      <definition value="Identification, mini VIDAS"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0088"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Phage susceptibility typing"/>
      <definition value="Identification, Phage susceptibility typing"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0089"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Quad-FERM+"/>
      <definition value="Identification, Quad-FERM+"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0090"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="RAPIDEC Staph"/>
      <definition value="Identification, RAPIDEC Staph"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0091"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Staphaurex"/>
      <definition value="Identification, Staphaurex"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0092"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="VIDAS"/>
      <definition value="Identification, VIDAS"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0093"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Vitek"/>
      <definition value="Identification, Vitek"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0094"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="VITEK 2"/>
      <definition value="Identification, VITEK 2"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0095"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immune stain"/>
      <definition value="Immune stain"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0096"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunofluorescent antibody, direct"/>
      <definition value="Immune stain, Immunofluorescent antibody, direct"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0097"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunofluorescent antibody, indirect"/>
      <definition value="Immune stain, Immunofluorescent antibody, indirect"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0098"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunoperoxidase, Avidin-Biotin Complex"/>
      <definition value="Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Avidin-Biotin Complex"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0099"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunoperoxidase, Peroxidase anti-peroxidase complex"/>
      <definition value="Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Peroxidase anti-peroxidase complex"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0100"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunoperoxidase, Protein A-peroxidase complex"/>
      <definition value="Immune stain, Immunoperoxidase, Protein A-peroxidase complex"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0101"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunoassay"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0102"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunoassay, qualitative, multiple step"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, qualitative, multiple step"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0103"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunoassay, qualitative, single step"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, qualitative, single step"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0104"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Radioimmunoassay"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, Radioimmunoassay"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0105"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, multiple step"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, multiple step"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0106"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, single step"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, semi-quantitative, single step"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0107"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Microscopy"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0108"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Darkfield microscopy"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Darkfield"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0109"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Electron microscopy"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Electron"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0110"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Electron microscopy tomography"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Electron microscopy tomography"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0111"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Electron microscopy, negative stain"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Electron, negative stain"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0112"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Electron microscopy, thick section"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Electron, thick section transmission"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0113"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Electron microscopy, thin section"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Electron, thin section transmission"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0114"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Microscopy, Light"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Light"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0115"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Polarizing light microscopy"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Polarized light"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0116"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Scanning electron microscopy"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Scanning electron"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0117"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Transmission electron microscopy"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Transmission electron"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0118"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Transparent tape direct examination"/>
      <definition value="Microscopy, Transparent tape direct examination"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0119"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, 3 Self-Sustaining Sequence Replication"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0120"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Branched Chain DNA"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Branched Chain DNA"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0121"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Hybridization Protection Assay"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Hybridization Protection Assay"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0122"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immune blot"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Immune blot"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0123"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="In-situ hybridization"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, In-situ hybridization"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0124"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Ligase Chain Reaction"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Ligase Chain Reaction"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0125"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Ligation Activated Transcription"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Ligation Activated Transcription"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0126"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Nucleic Acid Probe"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Nucleic Acid Probe"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0128"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Nucleic acid probe with amplification"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Nucleic acid probe with amplification                                     
                       Rationale: Duplicate of code 0126. Use code 0126 instead."/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0129"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Nucleic acid probe with target amplification"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Nucleic acid probe with target amplification"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0130"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Nucleic acid reverse transcription"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Nucleic acid reverse transcription"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0131"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Analysis"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Analysis"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0132"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Polymerase chain reaction"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Polymerase chain reaction"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0133"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Q-Beta Replicase or probe amplification category method"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Q-Beta Replicase or probe amplification category method"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0134"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0135"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Southern Blot"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Southern Blot"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0136"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Strand Displacement Amplification"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Strand Displacement Amplification"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0137"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Transcription Mediated Amplification"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Transcription Mediated Amplification"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0138"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Western Blot"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Western Blot"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0139"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Flocculation"/>
      <definition value="Precipitation, Flocculation"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0140"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immune precipitation"/>
      <definition value="Precipitation, Immune precipitation"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0141"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Milk ring test"/>
      <definition value="Precipitation, Milk ring test"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0142"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Precipitin"/>
      <definition value="Precipitation, Precipitin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0143"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Acid fast stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Acid fast"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0144"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Acid fast stain, fluorochrome"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Acid fast, fluorochrome"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0145"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Acid fast stain, Kinyoun's cold carbolfuchsin"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Acid fast, Kinyoun's cold carbolfuchsin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0146"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Acid fast stain, Ziehl-Neelsen"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Acid fast, Ziehl-Neelsen"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0147"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Acid phosphatase stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Acid phosphatase"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0148"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Acridine orange stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Acridine orange"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0149"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Active brilliant orange KH stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Active brilliant orange KH"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0150"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Alazarin red S stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Alazarin red S"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0151"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Alcian blue stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Alcian blue"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0152"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Alcian blue with Periodic acid Schiff stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Alcian blue with Periodic acid Schiff"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0153"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Argentaffin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Argentaffin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0154"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Argentaffin silver stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Argentaffin silver"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0155"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Azure-eosin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Azure-eosin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0156"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Basic Fuschin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Basic Fuschin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0157"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Bennhold stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Bennhold"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0158"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Bennhold's Congo red stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Bennhold's Congo red"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0159"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Bielschowsky stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Bielschowsky"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0160"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Bielschowsky's silver stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Bielschowsky's silver"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0161"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Bleach stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Bleach"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0162"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Bodian stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Bodian"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0163"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Brown-Brenn stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Brown-Brenn"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0164"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Butyrate-esterase stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Butyrate-esterase"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0165"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Calcofluor white fluorescent stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Calcofluor white fluorescent"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0166"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Carbol-fuchsin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Carbol-fuchsin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0167"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Carmine stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Carmine"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0168"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Churukian-Schenk stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Churukian-Schenk"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0169"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Congo red stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Congo red"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0170"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Cresyl echt violet stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Cresyl echt violet"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0171"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Crystal violet stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Crystal violet"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0172"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="De Galantha stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, De Galantha"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0173"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Dieterle silver impregnation stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Dieterle silver impregnation"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0174"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Fite-Farco stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Fite-Farco"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0175"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Fontana-Masson silver stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Fontana-Masson silver"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0176"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Fouchet stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Fouchet"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0177"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Gomori stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Gomori"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0178"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Gomori methenamine silver stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Gomori methenamine silver"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0179"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Gomori-Wheatly trichrome stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Gomori-Wheatly trichrome"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0180"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Gridley stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Gridley"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0181"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Grimelius silver stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Grimelius silver"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0182"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Grocott stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Grocott"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0183"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Grocott methenamine silver stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Grocott methenamine silver"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0184"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Hale's colloidal ferric oxide stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Hale's colloidal ferric oxide"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0185"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Hale's colloidal iron stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Hale's colloidal iron"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0186"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Hansel stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Hansel"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0187"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Harris regressive hematoxylin and eosin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Harris regressive hematoxylin and eosin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0188"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Hematoxylin and eosin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Hematoxylin and eosin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0189"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Highman stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Highman"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0190"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Holzer stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Holzer"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0191"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Iron hematoxylin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Iron hematoxylin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0192"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Jones stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Jones"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0193"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Jones methenamine silver stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Jones methenamine silver"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0194"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Kossa stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Kossa"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0195"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Lawson-Van Gieson stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Lawson-Van Gieson"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0196"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Loeffler methylene blue stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Loeffler methylene blue"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0197"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Luxol fast blue with cresyl violet stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Luxol fast blue with cresyl violet"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0198"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Luxol fast blue with Periodic acid-Schiff stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Luxol fast blue with Periodic acid-Schiff"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0199"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="MacNeal's tetrachrome blood stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, MacNeal's tetrachrome blood"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0200"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Mallory-Heidenhain stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Mallory-Heidenhain"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0201"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Masson trichrome stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Masson trichrome"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0202"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Mayer mucicarmine stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Mayer mucicarmine"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0203"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Mayers progressive hematoxylin and eosin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Mayers progressive hematoxylin and eosin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0204"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="May-Grunwald Giemsa stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, May-Grunwald Giemsa"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0205"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Methyl green stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Methyl green"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0206"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Methyl green pyronin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Methyl green pyronin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0207"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Modified Gomori-Wheatly trichrome stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Modified Gomori-Wheatly trichrome"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0208"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Modified Masson trichrome stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Modified Masson trichrome"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0209"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Modified trichrome stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Modified trichrome"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0210"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Movat pentachrome stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Movat pentachrome"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0211"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Mucicarmine stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Mucicarmine"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0212"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Neutral red stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Neutral red"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0213"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Night blue stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Night blue"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0214"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Non-specific esterase stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Non-specific esterase"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0215"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Oil red-O stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Oil red-O"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0216"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Orcein stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Orcein"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0217"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Perls' stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Perls'"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0218"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0219"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Potassium ferrocyanide stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Potassium ferrocyanide"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0220"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Prussian blue stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Prussian blue"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0221"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Putchler modified Bennhold stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Putchler modified Bennhold"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0222"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Quinacrine fluorescent stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Quinacrine fluorescent"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0223"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Reticulin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Reticulin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0224"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Rhodamine stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Rhodamine"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0225"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Safranin stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Safranin"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0226"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Schmorl stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Schmorl"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0227"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Seiver-Munger stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Seiver-Munger"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0228"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Silver stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Silver"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0229"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Specific esterase stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Specific esterase"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0230"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Steiner silver stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Steiner silver"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0231"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Sudan III stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Sudan III"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0232"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Sudan IVI stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Sudan IVI"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0233"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Sulfated alcian blue stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Sulfated alcian blue"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0234"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Supravital stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Supravital"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0235"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Thioflavine-S stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Thioflavine-S"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0236"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Three micron Giemsa stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Three micron Giemsa"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0237"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Vassar-Culling stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Vassar-Culling"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0238"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Vital Stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, Vital"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0239"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="von Kossa stain"/>
      <definition value="Stain, von Kossa"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0243"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Minimum bactericidal concentration test, macrodilution"/>
      <definition value="Susceptibility, Minimum bactericidal concentration, macrodilution"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0244"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Minimum bactericidal concentration test, microdilution"/>
      <definition value="Susceptibility, Minimum bactericidal concentration, microdilution"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0247"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Turbidometric"/>
      <definition value="Turbidometric"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0248"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Refractometric"/>
      <definition value="Turbidometric, Refractometric"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0249"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Thin layer chromatography (TLC)"/>
      <definition value="Chromatography, Thin Layer"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0250"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="EMIT"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, enzyme-multiplied technique (EMIT)"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0251"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Flow cytometry (FC)"/>
      <definition value="Flow Cytometry"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0252"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Radial immunodiffusion (RID)"/>
      <definition value="Radial Immunodiffusion"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0253"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA)"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, Fluorescence Polarization"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0254"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE)"/>
      <definition value="Electrophoresis, Immunofixation"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0255"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Equilibrium dialysis"/>
      <definition value="Dialysis, Direct Equilibrium"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0256"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Kleihauer-Betke acid elution"/>
      <definition value="Acid Elution, Kleihauer-Betke Method"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0257"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Anti-complement immunofluorescence (ACIF)"/>
      <definition value="Immunofluorescence, Anti-Complement"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0258"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="GC/MS"/>
      <definition value="Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0259"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Nephelometry"/>
      <definition value="Light Scatter, Nephelometry"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0260"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="IgE immunoassay antibody"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, IgE Antibody Test"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0261"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Lymphocyte Microcytotoxicity Assay"/>
      <definition value="Lymphocyte Microcytotoxicity Assay"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0262"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Spectrophotometry"/>
      <definition value="Spectrophotometry"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0263"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS)"/>
      <definition value="Spectrophotometry, Atomic Absorption"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0264"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Ion selective electrode (ISE)"/>
      <definition value="Electrochemical, Ion Selective Electrode"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0265"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Gas chromatography (GC)"/>
      <definition value="Chromatography, Gas"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0266"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Isoelectric focusing (IEF)"/>
      <definition value="Isoelectric Focusing"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0267"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunochemiluminescence"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, Chemiluminescent"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0268"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Microparticle enzyme immunoassay (MEIA)"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, Microparticle Enzyme"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0269"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="ICP/MS"/>
      <definition value="Inductively-Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0270"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Immunoradiometric assay (IRMA)"/>
      <definition value="Immunoassay, Immunoradiometric Assay"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0271"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Photo optical clot detection"/>
      <definition value="Coagulation, Photo Optical Clot Detection"/>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <code value="0280"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Susceptibility Testing"/>
      <definition value="Test methods designed to determine a microorganismaTMs susceptibility to being killed
         by an antibiotic."/>
      <concept>
        <code value="0240"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Antibiotic sensitivity, disk"/>
        <definition value="Susceptibility, Antibiotic sensitivity, disk"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0241"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="BACTEC susceptibility test"/>
        <definition value="Susceptibility, BACTEC susceptibility test"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0242"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Disk dilution"/>
        <definition value="Susceptibility, Disk dilution"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0272"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Minimum Inhibitory Concentration"/>
        <definition value="Testing to measure the minimum concentration of the antibacterial agent in a given culture
           medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited."/>
        <concept>
          <code value="0245"/>
          <abstract value="false"/>
          <display value="Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, macrodilution"/>
          <definition value="Susceptibility, Minimum Inhibitory concentration, macrodilution"/>
        </concept>
        <concept>
          <code value="0246"/>
          <abstract value="false"/>
          <display value="Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, microdilution"/>
          <definition value="Susceptibility, Minimum Inhibitory concentration, microdilution"/>
        </concept>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0273"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Viral Genotype Susceptibility"/>
        <definition value="Viral Genotype Susceptibility"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0274"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Viral Phenotype Susceptibility"/>
        <definition value="Viral Phenotype Susceptibility"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0275"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Gradient Strip"/>
        <definition value="Gradient Strip"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0275a"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Minimum Lethal Concentration (MLC)"/>
        <definition value="Minimum Lethal Concentration (MLC)"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0276"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Slow Mycobacteria Susceptibility"/>
        <definition value="Testing to measure the minimum concentration of the antibacterial agent in a given culture
           medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited."/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0277"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Serum bactericidal titer"/>
        <definition value="Serum bactericidal titer"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0278"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Agar screen"/>
        <definition value="Agar screen"/>
      </concept>
      <concept>
        <code value="0279"/>
        <abstract value="false"/>
        <display value="Disk induction"/>
        <definition value="Disk induction"/>
      </concept>
    </concept>
    <concept>
      <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/valueset-deprecated">
        <valueBoolean value="true"/>
      </extension>
      <code value="0127"/>
      <abstract value="false"/>
      <display value="Nucleic acid probe"/>
      <definition value="Molecular, Nucleic acid probe"/>
    </concept>
  </codeSystem>
</ValueSet>

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.