Clinical Utilities
Evaluate adrenal insufficiency and Addison's disease. Serum antibodies to adrenal cortical cells, usually of all three zones, are seen in 60% of patients with idiopathic Addison's disease. They are present in only 5% to 17% of patients with tuberculous, fungal or metastatic destruction of the adrenals, and in 38% of unclassified cases. Antiadrenal antibodies are also present in such apparently unrelated processes as idiopathic hypoparathyroidism (28% of cases) and Hashimoto's disease (7%).

CPT Codes
86255

Reference Range
<1:2 titer

Component Information

Name		ADRENAL AUTOANTIBODIES
Method		IFA
CPT Code		86255
Units		titer
Ref Range		Less than 1:2
Reflex Reason

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