December 2023 WML Test Directory Update

Update to patient preparation, New York approval, and stability.

Patient Preparation: Performance of the HCV assay has not been established with cord blood or neonatal specimens. 

New York Approval: Yes

Stability:

Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen (-20°C): Undetermined

Update to reference range message. See Example Report.

Update to New York approval and stability.

New York DOH Approval Status: Yes

Stability: Room temperature: 12 hours
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 1 year

Update to New York approval.

New York DOH Approval Status: Yes

Update to patient preparation, alternate specimen, rejection criteria, stability, and reference range.

Patient Preparation: Not for use in pediatrics under the age of 2 years.

Alternate Specimen: Serum: Red top
Plasma: Lavender EDTA, lithium heparin, sodium heparin 

Rejection Criteria: Grossly hemolyzed or grossly lipemic specimens, Plasma separator tube (PST)

Stability: Room temperature: 3 days
                Refrigerated: 7 days
                Frozen: 12 months

Reference Range: Negative
See Website: Resource/Interpretation Guide and Forms/Viral Serology Testing Guide 

Update to patient preparation, New York approval, and reference range.

Patient Preparation: Performance of the HBCM assay has not been established with cord blood
or neonatal specimens.

New York DOH Approval Status: Yes

Reference Range: Negative
See Website: Resource/Interpretation Guide and Forms/Viral Serology Testing Guide

Update to alternate specimen and reference range.

Alternate Specimen: Serum: Red top
Plasma: Lavender EDTA, lithium heparin, sodium heparin

Reference Range:

Qualitative:
Not Immune: Negative
Immune: Positive

Quantitative:
Not Immune: <10 mIU/mL
Immune: ≥10 mIU/mL

See Website: Resource/Interpretation Guide and Forms/Viral Serology Testing Guide

Update to reference range.

Reference Range: Negative
See Website: Resource/Interpretation Guide and Forms/Viral Serology Testing Guide

Update to patient preparation, New York approval, alternate specimen, stability, and reference range.

Patient Preparation: Not for use in pediatrics under the age of 2 years.

New York DOH Approval Status: Yes

Alternate Specimen: Serum: Red top
Plasma: Lavender EDTA, lithium heparin, sodium heparin 

Stability:

Room temperature: Undetermined
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: Undetermined

Reference Range:

HBSAG: Negative
HBCAB: Negative

HBSAB:
Qualitative:
Not Immune: Negative
Immune: Positive

Quantitative:
Not Immune: <10 mIU/mL
Immune: ≥10 mIU/mL

See Website: Resource/Interpretation Guide and Forms/Viral Serology Testing Guide

Update to patient preparation and alternate specimen.

Patient Preparation: Performance of the HCV assay has not been established with cord blood or neonatal specimens. 

Alternate Specimen: Red top, lavender EDTA plasma, lithium heparin, sodium heparin may be substituted for the serum specimen

Update to patient preparation, New York approval, alternate specimen, and rejection criteria.

Patient Preparation: Performance of the HCV assay has not been established with cord blood or neonatal specimens. 

New York DOH Approval Status: Yes

Alternate Specimen: HCV Antibody: red top, lavender EDTA (follow Plasma collection guide for PCR), lithium heparin, sodium heparin
HCV PCR: Serum: red top
*PCR and antibody testing cannot be done on shared specimens. Separate tubes must be clearly labeled for antibody and PCR specimens. 

Rejection Criteria: HCV Antibody: gross hemolysis, gross lipemia
HCV PCR: gross hemolysis, gross lipemia, heparin plasma, gel-based plasma separation tubes, specimens subjected to repeat freeze thaw cycles, shared specimens 

Update to reference range.

Reference Range: See Example Report

Update to reference range.

Reference Range: See Example Report

Update to minimum volume and alternate specimen.

Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL

Alternate Specimen: Tick – live or in 70% ethanol submitted in a sterile plastic screw-capped container. Whole blood: ACD is no longer acceptable

Update to LOINC codes.

Interface Map:

Update to LOINC codes.

Interface Map:

Update to test name, specimen preparation, transport temperature, rejection criteria, and stability.

Test Name: Beta-2 Transferrin, Body Fluid

Specimen Preparation: Send 0.5 mL nasal, eye or ear fluid in a screw capped plastic vial. Specimens contaminated with salivary fluid degrade the beta-2 transferrin. These specimens should be frozen immediately following collection and should be kept frozen until testing is performed. 

Transport Temperature: Room temperature

Rejection Criteria: Specimens collected with additives, specimens collected with a culture swab. 

Stability: Room temperature: 15 days
                Refrigerated: 15 days
                Frozen: 60 days

Update to specimen preparation, alternate specimen, and stability.

Specimen Preparation: Send 1.0 mL watery, liquid stool in a screw capped plastic container. 

Alternate Specimen: 24-hour, 48- hour, or 72-hour liquid stool collection

Stability: Room temperature: Unacceptable
Refrigerated: 48 hours
Frozen: 60 days 

Update to CPT code.

CPT Code(s): 86042

Update to CPT code.

CPT Code(s): 86043

Update to CPT code.

CPT Code(s): 86041

Update to CPT codes.

CPT Code(s): 86041, 86255 with reflex to 86256, at additional cost. 

Update to CPT code.

CPT Code(s): 86041, 86042, 86043

Update to CPT codes.

CPT Code(s): 86041, 86042, 86043, 86255, plus 86256 if reflexed, at an additional cost.