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
- Cord Specimen
- One 6 mL Pink top tube (K2 EDTA): preferred
- Pink top tube (K2 EDTA) or
- Lavender top tube or
- Red top tube
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