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Test Code HGB Hemoglobin

EHR Test Codes

  Test Code Test Name
Atlas HGB Hemoglobin
Cerner   Hemoglobin

 

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

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

SLS-Hemoglobinometry

Reporting

Reference Range:

 

Male:

0 Years to 3 Days 12.8 - 19.7 g/dL
3 Days to 1 Weeks 13.3 - 19.3 g/dL
1 Weeks to 2 Weeks 11 - 17.5 g/dL
2 Weeks to 1 Months 9.8 - 15.4 g/dL
1 Months to 2 Months 9 - 12.9 g/dL
2 Months to 6 Months 10.1- 13.2 g/dL
6 Months to 2 Years 10.1 - 13.6 g/dL
2 Years to 6 Years 10.2 - 13.7 g/dL
6 Years to 12 Years 10.3 -14.3 g/dL
12 Years to 18 Years 11.2 - 16.4 g/dL
18 Years to 21 Years 12.3 - 16.9 g/dL
21 Years and up 13.2 - 16.6 g/dL

 

Female:

0 Years to 3 Days 12.8 -19.2 g/dL
3 Days to 1 Weeks 13 - 19.4 g/dL
1 Weeks to 2 Weeks 12 - 18.3 g/dL
2 Weeks to 1 Months 10.2 - 15.8 g/dL
1 Months to 2 Months 8.9 - 12.7 g/dL
2 Months to 6 Months 10 - 14.1 g/dL
6 Months to 2 Years 10.1 - 13.7 g/dL
2 Years to 6 Years 10.3 - 13.7 g/dL
6 Years to 12 Years 10.6 - 14.7 g/dL
12 Years to 18 Years 10.4 - 14.6 g/dL
18 Years to 21 Years 10.5 - 14.8 g/dL
21 Years and up 11.6 - 15 g/dL

 

Critical Decision: 

0 years to 21 years ≤ 7.0 or ≥ 22.5 g/dL

21 years and up ≤ 6.0 or ≥ 20.0 g/dL

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

Clinical Significance

Assessment of bleeding and blood disorders, monitoring tissue oxygenation, and need for transfusion.

CPT Code(s)

85018