WHONET Specimen Code WHONET Specimen Number Local Specimen Code Specimen Name an 178 Abdomen Abdomen ab 15 Abdominal fluid Abdominal fluid as 23 Abscess Abscess ad 111 "Abscess, abdominal" "Abscess, abdominal" de 134 "Abscess, dental" "Abscess, dental" ac 135 "Abscess, perirectal" "Abscess, perirectal" pt 133 "Abscess, peritonsillar" "Abscess, peritonsillar" ak 136 "Abscess, skin" "Abscess, skin" am 25 Amniotic fluid Amniotic fluid ap 137 Appendix Appendix ar 45 Arm Arm at 29 Aspirate Aspirate fn 30 "Aspirate, fine-needle" "Aspirate, fine-needle" au 104 Autopsy Autopsy ax 46 Axilla Axilla bi 19 Bile Bile bx 35 Biopsy Biopsy bl 12 Blood Blood bv 179 Blood vessel Blood vessel bo 61 Bone Bone bm 62 Bone marrow Bone marrow bn 37 Brain Brain bt 55 Breast Breast mi 56 Breast milk Breast milk br 4 Bronchial Bronchial ba 63 Broncho-alveolar lavage Broncho-alveolar lavage bs 112 Burns Burns bu 85 Bursa Bursa ca 91 Catheter Catheter cs 123 Catheter site Catheter site cc 95 "Catheter, central" "Catheter, central" ch 138 "Catheter, peripheral" "Catheter, peripheral" cp 113 "Catheter, permanent" "Catheter, permanent" cu 130 "Catheter, umbilical" "Catheter, umbilical" sf 13 Cerebrospinal fluid Cerebrospinal fluid cx 32 Cervix Cervix co 47 Conjunctiva Conjunctiva cr 114 Cornea Cornea cm 140 Culture medium Culture medium cy 86 Cyst Cyst cb 141 "Cyst, Bartholin's" "Cyst, Bartholin's" di 92 Dialysis fluid Dialysis fluid dn 142 Drain Drain dr 17 Drainage Drainage du 83 Duodenum Duodenum ea 5 Ear Ear em 48 "Ear, middle" "Ear, middle" eo 49 "Ear, outer" "Ear, outer" ee 115 Empyema Empyema ep 116 "Empyema, pleural" "Empyema, pleural" es 117 "Empyema, subdural" "Empyema, subdural" ec 143 Endocardium Endocardium en 93 Environmental Environmental ed 144 Epididymis Epididymis eg 145 Epiglottis Epiglottis eh 146 Esophagus Esophagus ey 6 Eyes Eyes fa 147 Fallopian tube Fallopian tube fi 50 Fistula Fistula fl 18 Fluid Fluid fo 97 Food Food ft 103 Foot Foot fb 105 Foreign body Foreign body fu 148 Furuncle Furuncle gb 149 Gallbladder Gallbladder ga 16 Gastric fluid Gastric fluid gn 51 Genital Genital gf 53 "Genital, female" "Genital, female" gm 52 "Genital, male" "Genital, male" gl 88 Gland Gland gr 188 Groin Groin hr 100 Hair Hair ha 44 Hand Hand hd 181 Head Head he 38 Heart Heart hv 39 Heart valve Heart valve hp 118 "Heart valve, prosthetic" "Heart valve, prosthetic" hi 150 Hip Hip hf 151 Hip fluid Hip fluid ig 189 Inguinal Inguinal it 152 Insect Insect iu 107 Intra-uterine device Intra-uterine device is 110 Isolate Isolate jt 9 Joint Joint jf 153 Joint fluid Joint fluid ki 81 Kidney Kidney kn 154 Knee Knee kf 155 Knee fluid Knee fluid la 74 Laboratory Laboratory lx 156 Larynx Larynx lg 183 Leg Leg lp 157 Lip Lip li 40 Liver Liver lo 158 Lochia Lochia lu 14 Lung Lung ln 87 Lymph node Lymph node mc 106 Meconium Meconium me 84 Mediastinum Mediastinum mb 119 Mini-BAL Mini-BAL mo 7 Mouth Mouth mu 43 Muscle Muscle nl 101 Nail Nail np 102 Nasopharynx Nasopharynx nk 184 Neck Neck nv 185 Nerve Nerve no 1 Nose Nose og 31 Organ Organ ot 89 Other Other ov 159 Ovary Ovary pm 120 Pacemaker Pacemaker pn 121 Pancreas Pancreas lv 186 Pelvis Pelvis pg 161 Penile discharge Penile discharge pe 160 Penis Penis pd 122 Pericardial fluid Pericardial fluid pi 162 Perineum Perineum pl 54 Placenta Placenta pa 163 Plasma Plasma pf 64 Pleural fluid Pleural fluid po 164 Prostate Prostate pu 165 Prostatic fluid Prostatic fluid pr 94 Prosthesis Prosthesis pb 124 "Prosthesis, bone" "Prosthesis, bone" sh 125 "Prosthesis, shunt" "Prosthesis, shunt" pv 126 "Prosthesis, vascular" "Prosthesis, vascular" pc 127 Protected brush catheter Protected brush catheter ps 24 Pus Pus qc 99 Quality control Quality control ex 75 "Quality control, external" "Quality control, external" re 42 Rectal Rectal rc 166 Rectouterine pouch (Douglas' cul-de-sac) Rectouterine pouch (Douglas' cul-de-sac) rs 73 Research Research rp 76 Respiratory Respiratory rl 65 "Respiratory, lower" "Respiratory, lower" ru 66 "Respiratory, upper" "Respiratory, upper" sv 182 Salivary gland Salivary gland tp 167 Scotch tape test for parasites Scotch tape test for parasites cd 187 Screen for C. difficile Screen for C. difficile mr 71 Screen for MRSA Screen for MRSA vr 72 Screen for VRE Screen for VRE sc 70 Screening Screening se 60 Secretion Secretion sm 57 Semen Semen sr 168 Serum Serum su 169 Shunt fluid Shunt fluid si 27 Sinus Sinus sk 8 Skin Skin sl 170 Spleen Spleen sp 3 Sputum Sputum sa 171 Sputum for acid-fast bacilli Sputum for acid-fast bacilli in 172 "Sputum, induced" "Sputum, induced" st 41 Stool Stool sg 173 String test for parasites String test for parasites sb 28 Swab Swab te 174 Testes Testes th 2 Throat Throat ti 36 Tissue Tissue tn 128 Tonsils Tonsils to 175 Tooth Tooth tr 26 Tracheal Tracheal ta 67 Tracheal aspirate Tracheal aspirate ul 77 Ulcer Ulcer ud 129 "Ulcer, decubitis" "Ulcer, decubitis" ux 68 "Ulcer, external" "Ulcer, external" ui 69 "Ulcer, internal" "Ulcer, internal" um 33 Umbilical cord Umbilical cord us 109 Umbilicus Umbilicus un 98 Unknown Unknown ue 58 Urethra Urethra ur 11 Urine Urine ub 78 "Urine, bladder" "Urine, bladder" uc 10 "Urine, catheter" "Urine, catheter" cv 59 "Urine, clean-voided" "Urine, clean-voided" fv 108 "Urine, first-voided" "Urine, first-voided" uk 79 "Urine, kidney" "Urine, kidney" uo 131 "Urine, nephrostomy" "Urine, nephrostomy" uz 130 "Urine, non-catheterized" "Urine, non-catheterized" ua 80 "Urine, suprapubic aspirate" "Urine, suprapubic aspirate" uu 132 "Urine, unknown source" "Urine, unknown source" ut 82 Uterus Uterus va 34 Vagina Vagina wa 96 Water Water wo 176 Worm Worm wd 21 Wound Wound wt 177 "Wound, sternal" "Wound, sternal" sw 22 "Wound, surgical" "Wound, surgical" ey 6 Eye Eyes jf 153 Synovial fluid Joint fluid ad 111 Abdominal abscess "Abscess, abdominal" ha 44 Finger Hand nl 101 Toenail Nail