VDRL, CSF
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

   VDRL

MGH LIS Test No

   811

Schedule

   Sunday - Saturday

Testing Time

   1-2 days

Testing Lab

   Specialty Labs, Inc.

QORR Test Code

   VDRL

Specimen Info

Type

   CSF  

Volume

   1.0 (0.3) mL

Temperature

   Frozen

Preservative

    

Collection Info

    
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Flocculation

Clinical Utilities
Test for syphilis, neurosyphilis. PERICARDIAL FLUID MAY BE RUN BE REFERENCE RANGE NOT ESTABLISHED. RECOMMEND SEND SERUM IN PARALLEL (SERUM WILL ALSO BE CHARGED). IF POSITIVE, TEST IS TITERED TO ENDPOINT (QUANTITATION).

CPT Codes
86592

Reference Range
Non-Reactive

Component Information

Name

   VDRL CSF 

Method

   FLO 

CPT Code

   86592 

Units

    
Ref Range   Nonreactive 
Reflex Reason    
     
Collection Notes

Additional Comments
Please supply patient's birth date on Specialty's Test Requisition Form for Public Health Department reporting. Diagnostic code required for third party reimbursement.

 

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