1517 Hepatitis A,B,C Panel

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7.5 mL SST

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)
One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)

Submit:

3 mL (Min:1.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Also Acceptable
3 mL (Min:1.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles

Stability:

Ambient: 1 Day(s); Refrigerated: 1 Week(s); Frozen: 1 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Chemiluminescence; Immunoassay

Performed:

Mon-Fri

Reported:

1-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

86704 - Hepatitis B Core Antibody (HBcAb); IgG and IgM	86706 - Hepatitis B Surface Antibody (HBsAb)
86709 - IgM Antibody	86803 - Hepatitis C Antibody
87340 - Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg)

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

2201 - ANTI-HAV, IgM	2103 - HBsAg
2104 - ANTI-HBs	2203 - ANTI-HBc, TOTAL
2304 - ANTI-HCV	5898 - INTERP