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Test Code Billings Clinic: 1302 Hematocrit, Body Fluid

Performing Laboratory

Billings Clinic Laboratory: Hematology

Methodology

Centrifuged Hematocrit
 

Note:  This test is for any fluid source other than blood.

Specimen Requirements

  • Specimen must arrive within 24 hours of collection.
  • Collect body fluid in a lavender-top (EDTA) tube or other suitable fluid container.
  • Send specimen refrigerated.
  • Specimen type (fluid type/description) for each tube/container is required on request form for processing.
  • Properly label (fluid type/description) each tube/container submitted.

Reject Due To

  • Clotted specimens
  • Specimens containing small clots, fibrin strands or platelet clumps
  • Gross hemolysis

Reference Values

Not established

Day(s) Test Set Up

Daily

Test Classification and CPT Coding

85013 - Blood count; spun hematocrit

LOINC Code Information

Reporting Name LOINC Code
Hematocrit, BF 11153-4