APT TEST (FETAL HGB.-STOOL, VOMIT, MUCUS, GASTRIC)
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

  APT

MGH LIS Test No

  343

Schedule

  Daily

Testing Time

  1 day

Testing Lab

  Marquette General Hospital

QORR Test Code

  APT

Specimen Info

Type

  Stool or see notes  

Volume

  small amount

Temperature

  Ambient

Preservative

   

Collection Info

  Small amount of stool, vomitus, mucus, or gastric aspirate in covered container. 
Specimen must be grossly bloody and stool cannot be tarry.
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Alkaline denaturation

Clinical Utilities
Screening for fetal hgb in stool, vomitus, mucus, or gastric aspirate.

CPT Codes
83033

Reference Range

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments

 

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