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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]

Performing Laboratory

Pathology Laboratory, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines

CPT

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

Stability

Refrigerated Stability: 

7 days - Preferred

 

Frozen Stability: 

Acceptable

 

Ambient Stability: 

8 hours

Performance

Monday - Friday, Day Shift

 

Analytical Time: 

1 - 2 days

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, Western Blot Assay, Spirochetes; Lyme Titer