CDOS

HCG, QUANTITATIVE

Mnemonic: HCGQ

CPT Code: 84702

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Charge Code

70111021

Specimen Type

PLASMA/SERUM

Specimen Container

GREEN, YELLOW, RED SAMPLE TYPES SHOULD NOT BE USED INTERCHANGEABLY DURING SERIAL SAMPLING (SERIAL MONITORING SHOULD BE PERFORMED ON THE SAME COLOR OF TUBE

Specimen Handling

SEPARATE FROM CELLS IMMEDIATELY AFTER CLOT FORMATION. KEEP CAPPED AND VERTICAL.

Temperature

REFRIGERATED

Methodology

IMMUNOCHEMILUMINESCENCE

Volume

5 ML

Minimum Volume

0.5 ML

Additional Information

THE HORMONE IS AN EXCELLENT MARKER FOR PREGNANCY. HEALTHY, NON-PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS HAVE LOW (< 5 MIU/ML [IU/L]) TO UNDETECTABLE HCG LEVELS, HOWEVER, HCG, ORIGINATING FROM THE PITUITARY GLAND, CAN BE FOUND AT DETECTABLE LEVELS IN PERI- AND POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN.5 DURING PREGNANCY, UNUSUALLY LOW OR RAPIDLY DECLINING LEVELS MAY INDICATE AN ABNORMAL CONDITION SUCH AS AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY OR IMPENDING SPONTANEOUS ABORTION

Reference Range Information

REFERENCE RANGE INTERVALS: APPROX. GESTATIONAL AGE IN WEEKS (APPROX. HCG RANGE IN MUI/ML): 0.2-1 (5-50), 1-2(50-500), 2-3(100-5000), 3-4(500-10000), 5-6(10000-100000), 6-8(15000-200000), 8-12(10000-100000). HCG RESULTS BETWEEN 5 MIU/ML AND 25 MIU/ML MAY BE INDICATIVE OF EARLY PREGNANCY BUT SHOULD BE INTERPRETED IN LIGHT OF THE TOTAL CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF THE PATIENT. HCG CAN RISE TO DETECTABLE LEVELS IN PERI/POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Turn Around Time

NEXT DAY

Place of Service

GRITMAN MEDICAL CENTER

Result Code	Result Name	Units of Measure
HCGQ	HCG. QUANTITATIVE	MIU/ML

Reflex Order Code	Reflex Order Name	Reflex CPT4

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