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HelpTest Code PROCLT Procalcitonin
Additional Codes
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| LAB2677 Procalcitonin |
Specimen Requirements
Collection Container/Tube: Li heparin or Serum from SST or Red
Submission Container/Tube: Plastic screw-top aliquot tube
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
Only the specimens listed below were tested in a sufficient number and found acceptable:
Li-heparin plasma collected using standard sampling tubes or tubes containing separating gel.
Red top or SST serum.
Stable for 24 hours at 15-25 °C, 48 hours at 2-8 °C, 3 months at -20 ± 5 °C.
Performing Laboratory
Unity Point-Sioux City-Chemistry
CPT
84145
Useful For
Diagnosis of bacteremia and septicemia in adults and children (including neonates)
Diagnosis of renal involvement in urinary tract infection in children
Diagnosis of bacterial infection in neutropenic patients
Diagnosis, risk stratification, and monitoring of septic shock
Diagnosis of systemic secondary infection post-surgery, and in severe trauma, burns, and multiorgan failure
Differential diagnosis of bacterial versus viral meningitis
Differential diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial versus viral pneumonia
Monitoring of therapeutic response to antibacterial therapy