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Test Code Billings Clinic: 4874 Athena: 181 Complete Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Evaluation, Male, Blood

Performing Laboratory

Athena Diagnostics, Inc.

Methodology

Dosage Analysis and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)/DNA Sequencing of all Exons on the DMD Gene

(PCR is utilized pursuant to a license agreement with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.)

Specimen Requirements

Contact Billings Clinic Laboratory at 866-232-2522 prior to specimen draw for specific instructions.

  • It is imperative to follow specimen requirement directions. Due to time sensitivity, specimen must be shipped the day of draw. Do not draw or transport specimen on weekends.
  • Draw blood in a lavender-top (EDTA) tube(s), and send 20 mL of EDTA whole blood.
  • Do not centrifuge.
  • Forward unprocessed whole blood promptly at ambient temperature only.

Reference Values

Reference values are included with patient’s report.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday, Thursday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

83891 - isolation or extraction of highly purified nucleic acid

83896 x 80 - nucleic acid probe, each

83900 - amplification of patient nucleic acid, multiplex, first two nucleic acid sequences

83901 x 78 - amplification of patient nucleic acid, multiplex, each additional nucleic acid sequence

83909 - separation and identification by high resolution technique

83912 - interpretation and report