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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

Billing

Medicare frequency limitations exist for this test in addition to diagnosis requirements. Click on link for list of medically necessary diagnoses and frequency limits: Medicare NCD Blood Counts. Click on link for Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage form: ABN Form

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