91170 Natural Killer Cell Profile

Specimen:

Collect:

One 4 mL Green Top (Na Heparin)

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)

Submit:

4 mL (Min:1 mL) Whole blood. Submit Ambient.

Special Handling:

Critical Ambient
Time Sensitive
Heparin samples prefered as they have longer stability
Some medications may affect immunophenotyping results and should be provided on the patient test request form.

Rejection Criteria:

Clotted Specimen

Stability:

Ambient: 2 Day(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Flow Cytometry

Performed:

Sun-Sat

Reported:

2-4 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

88184

88185x7

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

93561 - % CD2	93562 - % CD3
93563 - % CD5	93564 - % CD7
93565 - % CD8	93566 - % CD16
93567 - % CD56	93568 - % CD57