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Test Code Billings Clinic: 1003 Hemoglobin, Blood

Performing Laboratory

Billings Clinic Laboratory: Hematology

Useful For

  • Screening tool to confirm a hematologic disorder
  • Establish or rule out a diagnosis
  • Detect an unsuspected hematologic disorder
  • Monitor effects of radiation or chemotherapy
  • These counts are used as clinical guides in the diagnosis and/or monitoring of many diseases.

Methodology

Photometric

Specimen Requirements

  • Specimen must arrive within 24 hours of draw.
  • Draw blood in a lavender-top (EDTA) tube(s).
  • Send 1 mL of unprocessed EDTA whole blood.
  • Do not centrifuge.
  • Forward unprocessed whole blood promptly.

Reject Due To

  • Clotted specimens
  • Specimens containing small clots, fibrin strands or platelet clumps
  • Gross hemolysis
  • Samples drawn above an IV line
  • Samples kept at room temperature > 24 hours after collection

Reference Values

Reference values are included with patient’s report.
 

Call-back values
 

Dialysis:  <6 g/dL
Non-dialysis:  <7 g/dL

Day(s) Test Set Up

Daily

Test Classification and CPT Coding

85018 - Blood count; hemoglobin (Hgb)


LCD or NCD test: ICD-9 code is required for this test. When appropriate, obtain a properly executed ABN and submit the ABN with test order(s). See “Medical Necessity and Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN) Policy and Form” under "Resources” for a copy of a form and additional information.

LOINC Code Information

Reporting Name LOINC Code
Hemoglobin 718-7