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Test Code ICA Calcium Level Ionized

Important Note

POC Testing! - Collection at Hospital location only.

Additional Codes

 

  Test Code Test Name
Atlas ICA  Calcium - Ionized
Cerner   Calcium Level Ionized

 

Specimen Requirements

Preparation of Patient: 

None.

 

Container Type: 

Green Top 5mL Lithium Heparin Separator Tube

or

 

Lithium Heparin Syringe

or

 

Capillary Tube (pediatric patients only)

Specimen Type:

Whole Blood

 

Specimen Volume: 

.5 mL whole blood  minimum 150uL

 

Specimen Handling/Transport:

Specimen must arrive within 10 minutes of draw.  Remove sharp and transport ambient room temperature

 

Specimen Stability/Storage:

Analyze within 30 minutes

 

Specimen Rejection:

Specimens collected > 30 minutes

Clotted specimens

Carbon monoxide > 7 days

< 150ul

 

Performing Laboratory

Munson Healthcare Laboratories - POC & Chemistry Department 

Note:  Testing is not performed in laboratory (performed in Respiratory Department) for Cadillac Hospital

Priority, Frequency, & Turnaround

Priority

STAT, ASAP, Non-Emergent

 

Frequency

7 days/week 24 hours/day

 

Turnaround

40 minutes from receipt in lab

Methodology

Potentiometric via Ion-Selective Electrode (ISE)

Reporting

Reference Range:

4.6 - 5.3 mg/dL

 

Cricial Decision:

< 3.0 or > 6.4 mg/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

Measurements are used in the diagnosis and treatment of parathyroid disease, a variety of bone diseases, chronic renal disease, and tetany.

CPT Code(s)

82330