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HEMOGLOBIN Whole Blood
Test CodeHGB
CPT Codes
85018
Preferred Specimen
Lavender Top Tube
Specimen Stability
24 hours
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Clotted samples
Clinical Significance
Test measuring the amount of hemoglobin in whole blood, which is the oxygen carrying protein in red blood cells. Low levels may be due to various anemias, iron deficiency, acute or chronic blood loss, liver disease, cancers, thalassemia, overhydration. High levels my be due to lung or heart disease, polycythemia vera, dehydration.