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Test Code SFCNTX Cell Count, Spinal Fluid

Additional Codes

Epic EAP

LAB212  CSF CELL COUNT

Specimen Requirements

Specimen must arrive within 1 hour of collection.

 

Specimen Type: Spinal fluid

Container/Tube: Sterile vial

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Collection Instructions: Submit third tube collected in a series of 3.

Stability

Ambient temperature is preferred, within one hour of collection. 

 

Refrigerated is also acceptable.

Performing Laboratory

Unity Point-Sioux City-Hematology

CPT

89051

Methodology

Manual

Performance

Monday through Sunday