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CSF CELL PROFILE
Test CodeCSFCELLPROF
CPT Codes
89051
Preferred Specimen
CSF
Instructions
PROFILE INCLUDES: Amount, Color, Xanthochromia, Appearance, WBC, RBC, Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, and Mononuclear Cells.
Transport Container
CSF
Transport Temperature
RT-<30 MINS
Setup Schedule
Set Up:
Report Available:
Report Available:
Reference Range
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Clinical Significance
Cerebrospinal fluid analysis may be used to help diagnose a wide variety of diseases and conditions affecting the central nervous system. They may be divided into four main categories:
--Infectious diseases such as meningitis and encephalitis-testing is used to determine if infection is caused by bacteria, viruses, or less commonly by tuberculosis, fungi or parasites, and to distinguish it from other conditions: may slso be used to detect infection of or near the spinal cord or to investigate a fever of unknown origin.
--Bleeding within the brain or skull
--Diseases that cause inflammation or other immune responses such as the production of antibodies: these may include autoimmune disorders, such as Guillian-Barre syndrome or sarcoidosis, or diseases that cause the destruction of myelin, such as multiple sclerosis.
--Tumors located within the cental nervous system or that spread to the central nevous system (metastatic cancer)
--Infectious diseases such as meningitis and encephalitis-testing is used to determine if infection is caused by bacteria, viruses, or less commonly by tuberculosis, fungi or parasites, and to distinguish it from other conditions: may slso be used to detect infection of or near the spinal cord or to investigate a fever of unknown origin.
--Bleeding within the brain or skull
--Diseases that cause inflammation or other immune responses such as the production of antibodies: these may include autoimmune disorders, such as Guillian-Barre syndrome or sarcoidosis, or diseases that cause the destruction of myelin, such as multiple sclerosis.
--Tumors located within the cental nervous system or that spread to the central nevous system (metastatic cancer)
Performing Laboratory
LMH - Hematology x3770 or 3769