Specimen:
Collect
- One Lavender (EDTA)
Also Acceptable:
- One Pink Top (EDTA)
Submit
- 4 mL (Min:2 mL) Whole blood in Lavender (EDTA). Submit Refrigerated.
Also Acceptable:
- 4 mL (Min:2 mL) Whole blood in Pink Top (EDTA). Submit Refrigerated.
Special Handling
- Patient history form, including information from a recent (within 30 days) CBC, is required for interpretation.
Separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.
Abnormal results reflex. Additional charges will apply.
Stability
Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 1 Week(s); Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Electrophoresis
- Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography
- Massively Parallel Sequencing
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
- RBC Solubility
- Sequencing
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
Varies
CPT Codes
- 83021
Interpretive Data
Please see report for interpretive data.
Components
- 93437 - HEMOGLOBIN A2
- 93438 - HEMOGLOBIN F
- 93439 - HEMOGLOBIN S
- 93440 - HEMOGLOBIN C
- 93441 - HEMOGLOBIN E
- 93442 - HEMOGLOBIN OTHER
- 93436 - HEMOGLOBIN A1
- 93443 - HEMOGLOBIN INTERP
- 93619 - SICKLE CELL SOL
- 93977 - HGB, CAP ELECRO
- 90187 - ALPHA GLOBIN
- 90188 - ALPHA THALASSEMIA
- 90199 - BETA GLOBIN SEQU
- 92019 - BETA GLOBIN DEL
- 92182 - GAMMA GLOBIN SEQ
- 92027 - INTERPRETATION
Last Updated: November 20, 2024 @ 10:13 am
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