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Test Code HCT Hematocrit

EHR Test Codes

  Test Code Test Name
Atlas HCT Hematocrit
Cerner   Hematocrit

 

Specimen Requirements

Preparation of Patient: 

None

 

Container Type: 

3 mL EDTA lavender top tube

Specimen Type:

EDTA Whole Blood

 

Specimen Volume: 

3 mL of EDTA whole blood minimum 1 mL

 

Specimen Handling/Transport:

Do not aliquot.  Transport ambient room temperature

 

Specimen Stability/Storage:

24 hours ambient room temperature

 

Specimen Rejection:

6mL lavender top tube

Specimen clotted

Gross hemolysis

Performing Laboratory

Munson Healthcare Laboratories

Hematology Department

Priority, Frequency, & Turnaround

Priority:

STAT, ASAP, Non-Emergent

 

Frequency:

24 hours 7 days a week

 

Turnaround:

0 - 1 days

STAT 30 minutes from receipt in lab

Methodology

Measured -cumulative pulse height detection

Reporting

Reference Range:

 

Male:

0 Years to 3 Days 37.6 - 56.6 %
3 Days to 1 Weeks 37.9 - 55.7 %
1 Weeks to 2 Weeks 32.8 - 50.5 %
2 Weeks to 1 Months 29.2 - 45.2 %
1 Months to 2 Months 26.3 - 36.9 %
2 Months to 6 Months 25.8 - 43.8 %
6 Months to 2 Years 28.4 - 41.2 %
2 Years to 6 Years 27.4 - 40.3 %
6 Years to 12 Years 25.6 - 42.6 %
12 Years to 18 Years 33.7 - 48.7 %
18 Years to 21 Years 35 - 50 %
21 Years and up 40 - 50 %

 

Female:

0 Years to 3 Days 37.4 - 55.7 %
3 Days to 1 Weeks 36.1 - 54.7 %
1 Weeks to 2 Weeks 35.4 - 53 %
2 Weeks to 1 Months 30 - 45.9 %
1 Months to 2 Months 27.3 - 38.6 %
2 Months to 6 Months 27.8 - 40.8 %
6 Months to 2 Years 25.4 - 40.2 %
2 Years to 6 Years 28.3 - 40.9 %
6 Years to 12 Years 28.4 - 44.4 %
12 Years to 18 Years 27.8 - 43.8 %
18 Years to 21 Years 31.8 - 44.3 %
21 Years and up 35 - 45 %

 

Critical Decision: 

 ≤ 20.0 % or ≥ 70.0 %

Note:  Critical values are called to the provider and communicated as critical.  Documentation of the call is recorded in the patient record.

Clinical Significance

Measures % of blood volume made up of red blood cells.  Assessment of oxygen-carrying capacity, hydration, and blood disorders.

CPT Code(s)

85014

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