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Codes used for swab/biopsy sites
| Swabs | Biopsies | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Site | Code | Site |
| A | Nasal vestibule | B | Head of inferior turbinate tissue |
| C | Middle meatus | D | Uncinate process tissue |
| E | Maxillary sinus | F | Maxillary sinus tissue |
| G | Ethmoid culture (deep to ethmoid bulla) | H | Ethmoid tissue (deep to ethmoid bulla) |
| I | Superior meatus | J | Sphenoethmoidal recess tissue |
| K | Sphenoid | L | Sphenoid tissue |
