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LOINC Code 88260-5: Gram negative blood culture panel Probe (Pos bld culture)

Name: LOINC Code 88260-5: Gram negative blood culture panel Probe (Pos bld culture)
Creator: HealthAssure Clinical Team
Published: 2026-05-21T09:00:16.697Z

88260-5 is a LOINC code used to identify Gram negative blood culture panel Probe (Pos bld culture) in laboratory and clinical observation data. You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges. LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Gram negative blood culture panel. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Bld.pos growth.

Reviewed by HealthAssure Clinical TeamUpdated 21 May 2026

What is this code?

LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Gram negative blood culture panel. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Bld.pos growth.

When is it used?

Used in lab systems, EHRs, and clinical data exchange.
May identify a test, observation, survey item, or clinical document request rather than a diagnosis.
Status: ACTIVE
Order vs observation: Order
Panel type: Panel
Method: Probe

What it does not mean

The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.

Key facts

Gram negative blood culture panel by Probe in Positive blood culture

Gram negative blood culture panel

Identification of gram-negative (GN) bacterial targets and genetic markers of antibiotic resistance directly from positive blood cultures by oligonucleotide probe detection of sequence of interest. Direct detection (non-PCR) based methods do not involve DNA amplification and therefore avoid amplification of contaminants. This panel was created for, but not limited in use to, Nanosphere's Verigene Gram-Negative Blood Culture test (BC-GN), which uses microarray analysis with probe to identify gram-negative bacteria, including Acinetobacter sp, Citrobacter sp, Enterobacter sp, Proteus sp, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as the six antibiotic resistance gene markersCTX-M, KPC, NDM, VIM, IMP, OXA.

Bld Pos; Blood; DNA NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; DNA probe; GN Bld Culture Pnl; ID; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; Microbiology; NEG; Pan; PANEL.MICROBIOLOGY; Panl; Pnl; Point in time; Random; WB; Whole blood

Where you may see this code

You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges.

Common synonyms

Gram negative blood culture panel Probe (Pos bld culture)Gram negative blood culture panel by Probe in Positive blood cultureGN Bld Culture Pnl Bld Pos ProbeGram negative blood culture panelPANEL.MICROGram negative blood culture panel, Infected blood-

Frequently asked questions

Code details

Code88260-5

SystemLOINC

Display nameGram negative blood culture panel Probe (Pos bld culture)

DescriptionGram negative blood culture panel

Short nameGN Bld Culture Pnl Bld Pos Probe

ComponentGram negative blood culture panel

Property-

TimingPt

System (specimen)Bld.pos growth

Scale-

MethodProbe

ClassPANEL.MICRO

StatusACTIVE

Order/ObservationOrder

Flags

BillableNo

Valid clinical useNo

Source

SourceLOINC

Version2.82

Releasemain

First released2.63

Last changed2.64

Consumer names

Gram negative blood culture panel, Infected blood

Part names

Gram negative blood culture panel-PtBld.pos growthProbePoint in time (spot)Positive blood culture

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