Specimen:
Collect
- One SST
Also Acceptable:
- One Green Top (Li Heparin)
- One Lavender (EDTA)
- One Pink Top (EDTA)
- One Red Top
Submit
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum . Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Also Acceptable:
- 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma . Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Special Handling
- Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature
- For patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (>5 mg/day), no laboratory test specimen should be collected until at least 8 hours after the last biotin administration.
- Due to special analytical handling this test can not be added to previously drawn specimens.
Stability
Ambient: 5 Day(s); Refrigerated: 2 Week(s); Frozen: 12 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA)
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
1-3 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 84702
Interpretive Data
General Reference Range : <10.0 mIU/ml
Weeks of gestation HCG mlU/Ml
3 5.8 - 71.2
4 9.5 - 750
5 217 - 7138
6 158 - 31795
7 3697 - 163563
8 32065 - 149571
9 63803 - 151410
10 46509 - 186977
12 27832 - 210612
14 13950 - 62530
15 12039 - 70971
16 9040 - 56451
17 8175 - 55868
18 8099 - 58176
Biotin in specimens taken from patients on high-dose biotin therapy or supplements may intefere with this test and cause inaccurate test results. It is recommended that for patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (> 5 mg/day), no laboratory test specimen should be collected until at least 8 hours after the last biotin administration.
Weeks of gestation HCG mlU/Ml
3 5.8 - 71.2
4 9.5 - 750
5 217 - 7138
6 158 - 31795
7 3697 - 163563
8 32065 - 149571
9 63803 - 151410
10 46509 - 186977
12 27832 - 210612
14 13950 - 62530
15 12039 - 70971
16 9040 - 56451
17 8175 - 55868
18 8099 - 58176
Biotin in specimens taken from patients on high-dose biotin therapy or supplements may intefere with this test and cause inaccurate test results. It is recommended that for patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (> 5 mg/day), no laboratory test specimen should be collected until at least 8 hours after the last biotin administration.
Components
- 2135 - BETA HCG, QUANT
Last Updated: May 11, 2025 @ 9:13 am
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