July 2025 WML Test Directory Update

Update to alternate specimen

Alternate Specimen: Plasma: Lavender EDTA

Update to CPT codes

CPT Codes: 86003, 86005, 86606 x 5, 86606 x 5

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Friday

Turnaround Time: 5 days

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Friday

Turnaround Time: 1 – 3 days

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Friday

Turnaround Time: 1 – 3 days

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Friday

Turnaround Time: 1 – 3 days

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Friday

Turnaround Time: 1 – 3 days

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Friday

Turnaround Time: 1 – 3 days

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Friday

Turnaround Time: 1 – 3 days

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Friday

Turnaround Time: 1 – 3 days

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Friday

Turnaround Time: 5 days

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Friday

Turnaround Time: 5 days

Update to turnaround time

Turnaround Time: 14 – 21 days from completed pre-authorization

Update to CPT codes

CPT Codes: 88346, 88350, plus 88350 if reflexed to titer

Update to New York approval and example report on website

New York Approval: New York DOH Approval Status: Yes

Update to test name

Test Name: Mercury, 24 Hour Urine

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Tuesday

Turnaround Time: 3 – 11 days

Update to alternate specimen

Alternate Specimen: Serum separator tube (SST)

Update to specimen requirements, rejection criteria, stability, and methodology

Collect: Actively growing isolate in pure culture.

Specimen Preparation: Transport sealed container with pure isolate on solid or liquid media. Place each isolate in an individually sealed bag.

Rejection Criteria: Mixed isolates or non-viable organisms. M. tuberculosis complex isolates submitted on an agar plate.

Stability:

Room temperature: 2 weeks
Refrigerated: 2 weeks
Frozen: Unacceptable

Methodology: Broth Macrodilution/Broth microdilution

Update to specimen requirements, alternate specimen, stability, methodology, and turnaround time

Specimen Preparation: Send 3.0 mL whole blood in a screw capped plastic vial.

Alternate Specimen: Yellow ACD solution A or B, Pink K2 EDTA

Stability:

Room temperature: 72 hours
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 30 days

Methodology: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)/Fluorescence Monitoring

Turnaround Time: 7 – 12 days

Update to stability

Stability:

After separation from cells:
Room temperature: 24 hours
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 3 months

Update to test name

Name: Bismuth, Whole Blood

Update to result component name

Update to test name, reference range, and result component name

Test Name: Cobalt, Whole Blood

Reference Range: Less than or equal to 3.9 ug/L

Result Test Component Name:

Update to specimen requirements and alternate specimen

Patient Preparation: Diet, medication, and nutritional supplements may introduce interfering substances. Patients should be encouraged to discontinue nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals and nonessential over-the-counter medications (upon the advice of their physician).

Collect: Dark blue trace element no additive

Specimen Preparation: Centrifuge and separate serum from cells within 2 hours of collection. Send 2.0 mL serum room temperature in a blue capped ARUP metal-free screw capped plastic vial. Please contact laboratory for metal-free screw capped plastic vials. Specimens in other containers will be rejected. Do not use utensils (i.e., syringes, needles, or pipettes) in the collection or transfer of the sample, pour directly into transport tube.

Alternate Specimen: Plasma: Dark blue trace element (K2EDTA), Dark blue sodium heparin

Update to rejection criteria, stability, methodology, reference range, performed days, and turnaround yimr

Rejection Criteria: Contaminated, heat-inactivated, grossly hemolyzed, or severely lipemic specimens

Stability:

Room temperature: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 1 month

Methodology: Semi-quantitative Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)

Reference Range: 0 – 8 U      Negative

Performed Days: Tuesday

Turnaround Time: 3 – 10 days

Update to alternate specimen and stability

Alternate Specimen: Red top

Stability:

After separation of cells:
Room temperature: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 1 year

Update to test name and reference range

Test Name: Lead, Industrial, Whole Blood

Reference Range:

Components                                                                       Reference Interval
Lead, Industrial, Whole Blood                                        Less than or equal to 3.4 μg/dL
Zinc Protoporphyrin, Blood                                             0-40 μg/dL
Zinc Protoporphyrin (ZPP) Whole Blood Ratio          0-69 μmol ZPP/mol heme

Update to performed days

Performed Days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Update to specimen requirements

Specimen Preparation: Centrifuge, separate serum from cells within 2 hours of collection and send 2.0 mL serum in a blue-capped ARUP metal-free screw capped plastic vial. Do not use utensils (i.e., syringes, needles, or pipettes) in the collection or transfer of the sample, pour directly into transport tube.

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Saturday

Turnaround Time: 3 – 5 days

Update to performed days and turnaround time

Performed Days: Monday – Saturday

Turnaround Time: 3 – 5 days

Update to turnaround time

Turnaround Time: 6 – 10 days (If positive: 8 – 15 days)