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Test Code LYME Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi) Antibody, IgG and IgM with Reflex to Confirmation

Additional Codes

Epic EAP

LAB2593 LYME (Screen)

LAB3732 LYMECP (Confirmation) 

Specimen Requirements

Preferred Collection Container: 

SST (Serum Separator)
Light Green (Lithium Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)

 

Also Acceptable Collection Container: 

Red (No Additive)
Green No Gel (Lithium Heparin)

 

Collection Information: 

Collect blood in a SST (Serum Separator) or Light Green (Lithium Heparin Plasma Separator Tube). Red (No Additive) and Green No Gel (Lithium Heparin) are also acceptable.

 

Transport Information: 

Centrifuge and aliquot 1.0 mL into a plastic transport vial. Send refrigerated.

 

Minimum Sample Volume: 

0.5 mL of serum or plasma (approximately 1.0 mL of whole blood based upon a normal patient hematocrit)

 

Remarks: 

All positive and equivocal specimens will be reflexed to the Lyme Confirmation [epic LAB3732/SQ LYMECP]

Stability

Refrigerated Stability: 

7 days - Preferred

 

Frozen Stability: 

Acceptable

 

Ambient Stability: 

8 hours

CPT

86618 (Screen)
86617 x2 (Confirmation, Lyme IgM & IgG; if appropriate)

Performing Laboratory

Pathology Laboratory, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines

Methodology

Chemiluminescent immunoassay (CLIA)

Alias

Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Borrelia burgdorferi, E. chaffeensis, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichiosis Serology, HME (Ehrlichia chaffeensis), Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis (HGE), Lyme Disease, Tick-Borne Diseases, Spirochetes

Performance

Monday - Friday, Day Shift

 

Analytical Time: 

1 - 2 days

 

Testing Laboratory: 

Pathology Laboratory

 

Laboratory Section: 

Core Laboratory