Specimen:
Collect
- CSF in Sterile Specimen Container
Submit
- 0.5 mL (Min:0.4 mL) CSF in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Refrigerated.
Special Handling
- Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles
Rejection Criteria
- Grossly Hemolyzed Samples
- Hemolyzed specimens
- Other body fluids.
Contaminated specimens.
Xanthochromic specimens.
Severely lipemic specimens.
Stability
Ambient: 2 Day(s); Refrigerated: 2 Week(s); Frozen: 12 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Semi-Quantitative Flocculation
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
2-6 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 86592
Components
- 91224 - VDRL, CSF with REFLEX
Last Updated: March 15, 2025 @ 9:13 am
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