HEPARIN ANTI-XA ASSAY
Marquette General Health System

General Info

HLAB/HOL Code

  XA

MGH LIS Test No

  351

Schedule

  Daily

Testing Time

  1 day

Testing Lab

  Marquette General Hospital

QORR Test Code

  XA

Specimen Info

Type

  1 Light-Blue Top (Citrate)  

Volume

  1.5 ml plasma

Temperature

  Frozen

Preservative

   

Collection Info

  Spin specimen with a Sure-Sep II or spindown, remove plasma, and spin plasma 
again.  Place plasma in plastic vial and freeze immediately.
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Dade Behring BCS coagulation analyzer, chromogenic.

Clinical Utilities
Monitoring unfractionated heparin therary.

CPT Codes
85130

The CPT codes provided are based on AMA guidelines
and are for informational purposes only. CPT coding is the
sole responsibility of the billing party. Please direct any questions
regarding coding to the payer being billed.

Reference Range
Therapeutic range: 0.3 - 0.7 u/ml

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments

 

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