HEMOGLOBIN ELECTROPHORESIS CASCADE, LEVEL 1
Marquette General Health System
Alpha Code |
  | HGBEL |
MGH LIS Test No |
  | 745 |
Schedule |
  | Monday through Saturday |
Testing Time |
  | 1 day/1-10 days |
Testing Lab |
  | Mayo Labs |
QORR Test Code |
  | HGBEL |
Type |
  |   |
Volume |
  |   |
Temperature |
  | Refrigerate |
Preservative |
  |   |
Collection Info |
  | Draw blood in a lavender-top (EDTA) tube, and send 3.0 mL (pediatric: 1.5 mL) of fresh EDTA whole blood refrigerated. (Keep specimen cool with frozen coolant April-October. Protect specimen from freezing by placing it in a bubble-pack bag [Supply T055] supplied by Mayo Medical Laboratories. Use refrigerated coolant November-March). SPECIMEN CANNOT BE FROZEN NOTE: 1. PATIENT'S AGE IS REQUIRED ON REQUEST FORM FOR PROCESSING. 2. Please complete a "Thalassemia/Hemoglobinopathy Information Sheet" (Supply T358) and forward it with the specimen. |
Clinical Utilities CPT Codes Reference Range
83020/Quantitation by electrophoresis
83021/Quantitation by HPLC
82664/Electrophoresis, agar (if appropriate)
82664/Electrophoresis x2, not elsewhere specified (if appropriate)
83068/Unstable hemoglobin (if appropriate)
85660/Sickling of red blood cells, reduction (if appropriate)
88184/Hemoglobin F, RBC distribution (if appropriate)
83898X2 (if appropriate)
83904X8 (if appropriate)
83909X8 (if appropriate)
83898X2 (if appropriate)
83904X4 (if appropriate)
83909X4 (if appropriate)
83900 (if appropriate)
83909 (if appropriate)
83914X8 (if appropriate)
83891 (if appropriate)
Hb A
0-30 days: 10-40%
1-14 months: Adult values attained by 6 months.
> or = 15 months: 95-98%
Hb A2
0-30 days: <1%
1-11 months: Adult values attained by 12 months.
> or = 1 year: 2.0-3.3%
Hb F
0-30 days: 60-90%
1-23 months: Adult values attained by 24 months.
> or = 24 months: 0-2%
No abnormal variants
Hb S
Negative (reported as positive or negative)
PRECAUTIONS: The procedure does not distinguish hemoglobin
S trait from homozygous sickle cell disease
nor any of the following combinations:
S/C, S/D, S/G, S/E, S/thalassemia, S/O-Arab,
and C/Georgetown trait.
Unstable Hemoglobin
Normal (reported as normal [stable] or abnormal [unstable])
PRECAUTIONS: False-positive results will be obtained in blood specimens
that contain >5% fetal hemoglobin or in specimens that
are received more than a week after the blood has been
drawn.
Hemoglobin F, Red Cell Distribution
Reported as heterogenous or homogenous
Component Information
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