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Table 3 Matching custom hospital codes with CPT4 for standardization

From: One country's journey to interoperability: Tanzania's experience developing and implementing a national health information exchange

Custom codes used in Hospital A

Custom codes used in Hospital B

CPT code

CPT description

CPT category

LAB13

3042

82945

Glucose (sugar) level on body fluid (CSF,ASCITIC, PERITONIAL,PLEURAL)

5

LAB15

2774

82947

Fasting Blood glucose (sugar) level (FBG) (Blood glucose by strips)

5

LAB21

NA

82951

Blood glucose (sugar) tolerance test (glucose tolerant test-GTT)

5

LAB20

706

82977

Glutamyl transferase (liver enzyme) level (GGT)

5

LAB56

828

83001

Gonadotropin, follicle stimulating (reproductive hormone) level (FSH- FOLLICAL)

5