You are here: Geisinger Medical
Laboratories > Test
Catalog
Geisinger Medical Laboratories Test Catalog
VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR (VEGF), ELISA |
||
ORDERING INFORMATION: |
Geisinger Epic Procedure Code: LAB3244 Geisinger Epic ID: 37652 | |
SPECIMEN COLLECTION |
||
Specimen type: |
Plasma | |
Preferred collection container: |
||
Specimen required: |
1 mL aliquot plasma; minimum 0.3 mL | |
| SPECIMEN PROCESSING |
||
Transport temperature: |
Frozen. | |
Specimen stability: |
Room temperature: Unacceptable. Refrigerated: 48 hours. Frozen: 1 year. | |
Rejection criteria: |
Received room temperature • Received refrigerated • Gross hemolysis • Gross lipemia • Gross icterus | |
TEST DETAILS |
||
Additional information: |
Cytokine levels may demontrate diurnal variation. Recommend cytokine levels be determined at same time of day for improved longitudinal comparison. | |
CPT code(s): |
83520 | |
| Note: The billing party has sole responsibility for CPT coding. Any questions regarding coding should be directed to the payer being billed. The CPT codes provided by GML are based on AMA guidelines and are for informational purposes only. | ||
Methodology: |
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) |
|
Synonyms: |
Quest test code 14512 VEGF
|
|