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PARVOVIRUS B19 DNA, QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR |
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ORDERING INFORMATION: |
Geisinger Epic Procedure Code: LAB3537 Geisinger Epic ID: 121980 | |
SPECIMEN COLLECTION |
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Specimen type: |
Serum, EDTA plasma, or EDTA whole blood | |
Preferred collection container: |
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Specimen required: |
1 mL (minimum 0.3 mL) serum, EDTA plasma, or EDTA whole blood | |
| SPECIMEN PROCESSING |
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Specimen processing instructions: |
Centrifuge and transfer serum or plasma to clean, plastic capped vial | |
Transport temperature: |
Refrigerated | |
Specimen stability: |
Whole blood: Room temperature: 48 hours. Refrigerated: 7 days. Frozen: Unacceptable. All other specimens: Room temperature: 48 hours. Refrigerated: 7 days. Frozen: 30 days. |
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Rejection criteria: |
Frozen whole blood, heparin whole blood or plasma. | |
TEST DETAILS |
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CPT code(s): |
87799 | |
| 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: |
Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) |
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Synonyms: |
Quest test code 18269 PRBPCR
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Clinical significance: |
Parvovirus B19 infection has a wide variety of disease manifestations, including Fifth disease, transient aplastic crisis, persistent anemia and congenital hydrops fetalis. Quantification of parvovirus B19 genomic DNA is based upon Real-Time PCR amplification and detection. The quantitative range of this assay is 100-100,000,000 copies/mL. | |