94055 Hepatitis Be Antigen

Specimen:

Collect:

One 10 mL Red Top

Also Acceptable
One 7.5 mL SST

Submit:

1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Ambient. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Serum: Room temperature preferred; Refrigerated acceptable; Frozen acceptable

Rejection Criteria:

Hemolyzed specimens
Lipemic Samples
Plasma

Stability:

Ambient: 7 Day(s); Refrigerated: 14 Day(s); Frozen: 24 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA)

Performed:

Reported:

2-3 Day(s)
Sets up 4 days a week

CPT Codes:

87350