Get Tb Screening Form

CPT code 86480 is defined by CPT as "Tuberculosis test, cell mediated immunity measurement of gamma antigen response." The test is a blood test, not a skin test.

Have you ever had a positive TB skin test? Have you ever been vaccinated with BCG? Have you ever had close contact with persons known or suspected to have active TB disease?

The purpose of this tool is to identify adults with infectious tuberculosis (TB) to prevent them from spreading disease. Do not repeat testing unless there are new risk factors since the last negative test.

Have you ever had a positive TB skin test? Have you ever had close contact with anyone who was sick with TB? Have you ever been vaccinated with BCG?

The risk assessment should be administered at least once. Persons can be screened for new risk factors at subsequent preventive health visits. Because IGRA has increased specificity for TB infection in persons vaccinated with BCG, IGRA is preferred over the TST in these persons.

There are two kinds of tests used to detect TB bacteria in the body: the TB skin test (TST) and TB blood tests. A positive TB skin test or TB blood test only tells that a person has been infected with TB bacteria. It does not tell whether the person has latent TB infection (LTBI) or has progressed to TB disease.

Post-Exposure Screening and Testing All health care personnel with a known exposure to TB disease should receive a TB symptom screen and timely testing, if indicated. Health care personnel with a previous negative TB test result should be tested immediately and re-tested 8 to 10 weeks after the last known exposure.

Minimum state regulations require TB screening once every 4 years. School staff members may request TB testing more frequently from their health care provider, but school districts are not required to provide it more than once every 4 years.