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Test Code PPTDA Phosphatidylserine Antibodies, IgG, IgM, and IgA

Additional Codes

Epic: Phosphatidylserine antibodies [LAB1180] 

Performing Laboratory

ARUP Laboratories; Salt Lake City, UT (forwarded from Pathology Laboratory Ankeny, IA)

Clinical Testing | Pathology Laboratory

Test Method

Semi-Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

Performance

Performed: 

Sun, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat

Analytical Time: 

1-4 days

Testing Laboratory: 

ARUP Laboratories; Salt Lake City, UT

Specimen Requirement

Container/Tube Type: 

SST (Serum Separator)

 

Collection Information: 

Collect blood in a serum separator tube.

 

Transport Information: 

Centrifuge and aliquot 0.5 mL of serum into a plastic transport vial. Send refrigerated.

 

Minimum Sample Volume: 

0.25 mL of serum (approximately 0.5 mL of whole blood based upon a normal patient hematocrit).

 

Unacceptable Conditions: 

Heat-inactivated serum, severely lipemic, contaminated, or hemolyzed samples.

 

Stability Comments: 

Stability limits apply after separation from cells. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles.

 

Stability

Refrigerated Stability: 

14 days

 

Frozen Stability: 

365 days

 

Ambient Stability: 

2 days

CPT Code Information

CPT Code: 

86148 x3