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HAPTOGLOBIN

Test Code
HAPT


CPT Codes
83010

Preferred Specimen
PLASMA


Instructions
Overnight fasting is preferred.


Transport Container
LIGHT GREEN


Transport Temperature
Refrigerated


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


Clinical Significance
Decreased haptoglobin is found in hemolytic disease, hepatocellular disease and infectious mononucleosis. Increased level is found in inflammatory disease in the presence of tissue necrosis and in general acute inflammatory conditions.




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