Laboratory services for a creatinine blood test. a. what is the main term used in the alphabetic index of the cpt coding manual?

The alphabetical code for creatinine test is 82565.

Measurement of creatinine gives information on the renal function and the muscle mass of the patient. Creatinine is produced from creatine, an essential molecule for the production of energy in muscles. Normally, creatinine is carried by the blood and then eliminated by the kidneys in the urine. The increase in this rate in the blood (plasma or serum level) goes hand in hand with a reduction in renal function.

4.) metal

"-the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back to the environment

-carbon is the essential component of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (which make up all organisms)

-carbon exists in air, water, and living organisms

-producers convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis

-bacteria in the atmosphere cycles through the system in filtration units

-in cellular respiration, carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

-some carbon is stored in limestone (forming one of the largest "carbon sinks" on earth)

-largest carbon reservoir on earth= limestone

-carbon stored in the bodies of organisms as fat, oils, or other molecules may be released into the soil or air when the organism dies

-this may form deposits of coal, oil, or natural gas (fossil fuels, which increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide)

-fossil fuels store carbon left over from bodies of organisms that died millions of years ago

-they are located in the surface of earth, deep within the earth and beneath the ocean floor."