Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 24 hours
REFERENCE RANGE: Negative
METHODOLOGY: Latex agglutination
REFLEX TEST INFORMATION: Positive specimens will be reflexed to
a cryptococcal antigen titer at an
additional charge
CLINICAL USE: Aid in establishing the presence if Cryptococcus
neoformans infection
CPT: 86403
[CRYFL] Body Fluid Crystals
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Refrigerated body fluid
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Gold or Red; sterile tube or syringe
SPECIAL HANDLING: Specify source of fluid
SPECIMEN VOLUEM: 20 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 5 mL
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 8 hours
REFERENCE RANGE: Negative
METHODOLOGY: Polarized light
CLINICAL USE: Determine the cause of inflammation
CPT: 89060
[CRYO] Cryoglobulin
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Refrigerated serum
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Red
SPECIAL HANDLING: Specimens must be drawn in a pre-warmed
syringe and transferred to 15 mL red-top (no
gel barrier) tube
Incubate specimen at 37 degrees C for 2 hours
while clotting
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 5 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 2 mL
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 5 days
REFERENCE RANGE: Negative
METHODOLOGY: Precipitation of cryoglobulin at 4 degrees C
REFLEX TEST INFORMATION: If positive, quantitative cryoglobulin
will be reflexed at an additional
charge
CLINICAL USE: May be present in macroglobulinemia of Waldenstrom
myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, lupus,
chronic active hepatitis, and other viral
infections
CPT: 82595
[CRYOF] Cryofibrinogen
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Room temperature plasma
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Lavender (EDTA); Blue (citrate) or Gray