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Test Code LAB1232328 Cord Blood Workup

Performing Laboratory

  • Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (ARRMC)
  • Asante Three Rivers Medical Center (ATRMC)

 

Performing Department

Blood Bank

Specimen Required

Specimen Minimum Volume

3.0 ml

Specimen Stability Information

Stable up to 8 hours at room temperature and 1 week if refrigerated at  2-8° C

DO NOT FREEZE

Reject Due To

  • Hemolysis
  • Quantity not sufficient (QNS)
  • Lacking Two Patient Identifiers:
    • 1-Patient's First & Last name 
    • 2-Patient's Date of Birth

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Sunday



Report Available

  • Routine - same day
  • ASAP - 2 hours after receipt of specimen in lab
  • STAT - 1 hour after receipt of specimen in lab 
  • If reflex testing is required, test results will be delayed.

Method Name

Hemagglutination/Column Agglutination

CPT Code Information

  • 86900  -  Blood Typing; ABO
  • 86880  -  Direct Coombs
  • 86901  -  Rh Blood Type

Billing Code

  • 3010121 
  • 3010212
  • 3010139

Additional Tests

Consists of an ABO/Rh typing and a Direct Coombs.

There are two primary reasons for ordering a workup:

  • 1) To determine if an Rh negative mother requires Rhogam
  • 2) To diagnose hemolytic disease of the newborn.

 

Reflex Testing: 

  • Du
  • Direct Coombs (Broad spectrum IgG, Complement)
  • ABO Elution