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Test Code SOFT: PCT Procalcitonin (PCT)

Additional Codes

Ordering Mnemonic

EPIC NAME: PROCALCITOIN

EPIC CODE: LAB90121

 

Performing Laboratory

Saint Francis Medical Center-Chemistry

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Serum, Plasma

Container/Tube: Gold gel-top, Mint green-top (lithium heparin gel) tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

NICU Min. Volume: 250 Micro Liters

 

Specimen Transport Temperature

24 HOURS (A)

48 HOURS (R)

3 MONTHS (F)

Reference Values

<0.5 ng/mL – low risk of severe sepsis

0.5 – 2.0 ng/mL – moderate risk of severe sepsis

>2.0 ng/mL – high risk of severe sepsis

>10.0 ng/mL – high likelihood of severe sepsis

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

84145

Reporting Title

Procalcitonin

Methodology

Electrochemiluminescence, Sandwich principle