List Of Medical Tests

A medical test is a medical procedure performed to detect, diagnose, or monitor diseases, disease processes, susceptibility, or to determine a course of treatment.^[1] The tests are classified by speciality field allowing to know in which ward of hospital or by which specialist doctor are usually these tests performed. This list is not exhaustive but might be useful as a guide. Where available, ICD-10 codes are listed.^[2]

Consulting Room Tests[edit | edit source]

These tests are usually performed in a consulting room by any doctor and require no advanced equipment.

• general
  • Temperature measurement, with a thermometer
  • Patient's Respiratory rate measurement
  • Blood oxygen concentration measurement
  • taking the patient's pulse
  • weighing, and measuring height and girth
  • measuring blood pressure
• specific:
  • abdominal palpation
  • cardiac ausculation
  • HEENT examination
  • digital rectal examination
  • neurological examination
  • psychiatric assessment
  • pulmonary auscultation
  • vaginal examination

Cardiovascular[edit | edit source]

• coronary catheterization
• echocardiography
• electrocardiogram
• ballistocardiogram

Dermatology[edit | edit source]

• skin allergy test
• skin biopsy

Ear, Nose and Throat[edit | edit source]

• hearing test
• laryngoscopy
• vestibular tests
  • electronystagmography (ENG)
  • videonystagmography (VNG)

Gastrointestinal[edit | edit source]

• capsule endoscopy
• coloscopy
• endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
• esophagogastroduodenoscopy
• esophageal motility study
• esophageal pH monitoring
• liver biopsy

Hematology[edit | edit source]

• bone marrow examination

Laboratory[edit | edit source]

• biochemistry
  • Arterial blood gas (ABG)
  • Complete blood count (CBC)
  • Comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) (including CHEM-7)
  • coagulation tests
  • C-reactive protein
  • Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
  • FibroTest
  • urea breath test
  • urinalysis
• cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics
  • Genetic testing
• immunology
  • autoantibodies
• microbiology
  • blood culture
  • mantoux test
  • sputum culture
  • stool culture
  • urine culture

Neurological[edit | edit source]

• electroencephalogram
• electromyography (EMG)
• lumbar puncture
• neuropsychological tests

Obstetric / Gynaecological[edit | edit source]

• amniocentesis
• colposcopy
• mammography
• hysteroscopy
• laparoscopy
• Smear tests such as Pap smears

Eyes[edit | edit source]

• dilated fundus examination
• multifocal electroretinography (mfERG)
• optical coherence tomography (OCT)
• visual field test

Pulmonary[edit | edit source]

• polysomnography
• pulmonary pletysmography
• thoracentesis

Radiology[edit | edit source]

• CT scan (B*2****)
• magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (B*3****)
• nuclear medicine (C******)
• positron-emission tomography (PET)
• projectional radiography (B*0****)
• ultrasonography (B*4****)

Rheumatologic[edit | edit source]

• arthroscopy

Urologic[edit | edit source]

• cystoscopy
• urodynamic testing

References[edit | edit source]