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Order Code LABPNFLOWB Park Nicollet Flow Cytometry, BAL

Additional Codes

Park Nicollet Test Code: LAB1893
 

Specimen Requirements

Collect:
1.0 mL EDTA whole blood (lavender top) tube,1.0 mL Bone Marrow, 5.0 mL CSF, 5.0 mL Body Fluid 2x2mm Fresh tissue, Fine Needle Aspiration or Fine Needle Core Biopsy.

Specimen Type Specimen Preparation
CSF Aliquot 5 mL (preferred) CSF and add equal volume (1:2) of RPMI tissue media before sending CSF to Regions.
FNA Core or Aspirate FNA core or aspirate in RPMI/MEM tissue media tube.


Park Nicollet: To obtain RPMI/MEM media vial(s) contact MH Send Outs at 3-6357. Vials are stored frozen. Once thawed, media is stable for two weeks refrigerated.
Media vials are located in the -70 send out freezer. Once removed, update expiration date on label (two weeks). Send refrigerated. CSf shoudl arrive at Methodist Hospital within 24 hours.

 

 

Frozen specimens are not acceptable

  1. Label the specimen container with EPIC patient label and EPIC collection process completed.

Reference Values

The laboratory will provide an interpretive report.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Friday
 

Performing Laboratory

Park Nicolet Methodist Hospital Laboratory

Methodology

See Pathologist report for interpretation.

Diagnosis and clinical management of acute and chronic lymphoid and non-lymphoid leukemias. Monitor response to treatment and recurrent disease relapses. Identifies various types and subtypes of malignant lymphomas, such as B-cell, T-cell, and true histiocytic. Differentiates lymphomas from other cancers and non-malignant processes.

Test Classification and CPT Coding

FLOW CYTO, TECH, 1ST MRKR - REF [88184 (CPT®)]
88185x additional markers done