91212 T-Cell Immunodeficiency Profile

Specimen:

Collect:

One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)

Submit:

4 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Whole blood in 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin). Submit Ambient.

Also Acceptable
4 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Whole blood in 4 mL Lavender (EDTA). Submit Ambient.

Special Handling:

Critical Ambient
Time Sensitive

Rejection Criteria:

Clotted Specimen
Hemolyzed specimens
EDTA samples greater than 30 hours and heparin samples greater than 48 hours old.

Stability:

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

Methodology:

Flow Cytometry

Performed:

Sun-Sat

Reported:

2-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

88184 - Flow Cytometry; cell surface, cytoplasmic or nuc 1st marker

88185 X5 - Flow Cytometry; cell surface, cytopl or nuc ea addl marker

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

93314 - ABS CD19	93315 - %NK CELLS
93316 - ABS NK-CELLS	93327 - ABS CD3
93328 - % CD3	93329 - % CD4
93330 - ABS CD4	93333 - % CD8
93334 - ABS CD8	93336 - % CD19
93339 - CD4:CD8 RATIO	93311 - INTERPRETATION