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HelpTest Code SOFT: CKMB Creatine Kinase (CK) MB Isoenzyme, Plasma
Additional Codes
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| EPIC NAME: CKMB |
EPIC CODE: LAB64
Performing Laboratory
Saint Francis Medical Center-Chemistry
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: Plasma
Container/Tube: Mint green-top (lithium heparin) tube or lavender-top (EDTA) tube
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Specimen Transport Temperature
Refrigerated 8 hours/Ambient 4 hours/ Frozen 3 months
Reference Values
CKMB
Negative: <7 ng/mL
RELATIVE INDEX
Critical value (automatic call-back): >4.7
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Test Classification and CPT Coding
82553
Methodology
Electrochemiluminescence
Reflex Information:
If both the total CK and CKMB are elevated, the relative index will be calculated.