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Anonymous Testing

Anonymous testing is allowed for HIV related tests. In these cases, Release Information Code (IN1-27) shall be populated with an ‘N’ and the patient’s first name should be set to ‘testing’ and last name set to ‘anonymous’ in PID-5. It is also recommended that no NK1 segments are sent with the order. Anonymous testing applies to the following tests:

  • CD4/CD8 (EDTA whole blood)
  • HIV Ag/Ab - Serum
  • HIV PrEP (Only) Panel
  • HIV-1/HIV-2 Qualitative NAT (PrEP only)
  • HIV-1 Viral Load (EDTA plasma)

Rev. 06/12/2024