Nickel, Blood

Message

WHOLE BLOOD - DO NOT CENTRIFUGE

Test Code

3500

Alias/See Also

LAB00259

CPT Codes
83885

Preferred Specimen

2 mL blood collected in an EDTA trace metal free (royal blue-top) tube

Minimum Volume

0.6 mL

Transport Container

EDTA trace metal-free (royal blue-top) tube

Transport Temperature

Room temperature

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 30 days
Refrigerated: 30 days
Frozen -20° C: 90 days
Frozen -70° C: 6 months

Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)

Clotted blood specimens • Plastic container • Tubes containing heparin based anticoagulants • Lithium heparin (light green-top) tube • Sodium heparin (tan-top) glass tube • Sodium heparin trace metal free (royal blue-top) tube • Sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate (gray-top) tube • Sodium heparin (green-top) tube • EDTA (lavender-top) tube • Lithium heparin (green-top) tube

Methodology
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS)

Setup Schedule

Daily

Report Available

3 days (after set-up)

Clinical Significance

Exposure monitoring/investigation.

Performing Laboratory

NMS Labs

200 Welsh Road

Horsham, PA 19044

The CPT Codes provided in this document are based on AMA guidelines and are for informational purposes only. CPT coding is the sole responsibility of the billing party. Please direct any questions regarding coding to the payor being billed. Any Profile/panel component may be ordered separately. Reflex tests are performed at an additional charge.