Diagnostic Tests / Infertility Workup
We are happy to handle the diagnostic tests for patients, and do not require them to be completed before they become a patient at FPNC.
However, it is often helpful for the primary care physician to order these tests for the patient. Having these tests completed in advance can help speed treatment as well as reduce the amount allocated to a patient’s (often very limited) infertility insurance coverage.
As long as tests have been conducted within the timeframe indicated below, we should be able to use them for patient treatment.
For more information on the tests performed for fertility evaluations, please see our Healthy Beginnings document.
For Women
- Tests must be completed within 5 years of treatment:
- Hep B Surface Antigen
- Hep C AB
- HIV I & HIV II
- RPR
- Tests must be completed within 2 years of treatment:
- Chlamydia Culture
- Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma Culture
- Gonorrhea Culture
- Tests must be completed within 1 year of treatment:
- Chemistry & lipid panel
- CBC
- FSH
- Estradiol
- Prolactin
- TSH
- Tests must be completed as follows:
- AB Screen (after each pregnancy)
- Pap Smear (Per OB recommendation)
- Accepted regardless of timing of test:
- ABO/RH
- Rubella (if immunity)
- Varicella (if immunity)
For Men
- Accepted when performed within 5 years of treatment:
- Hep B Surface Antigen
- Hep C AB
- HIV I & HIV II
- RPR
- HTLV I & II
- Accepted when performed within 2 years of treatment:
- Chlamydia Culture
- Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma Culture
- Accepted when performed within 6 months of treatment:
- Routine Semen Culture
- Semen Analysis -- Previous semen analysis results can be helpful, but this test does not need to be performed in advance. Semen analysis will be ordered for male partners from our FRHI andrology laboratory
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