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SEX DETERMINATION (SRY),DNA
Test Code510222
CPT Codes
81400
Preferred Specimen
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Whole blood, amniotic fluid or LabCorp buccal swab kit (Buccal swab collection kit contains instructions for use of a buccal swab.) or chorionic villus sample (CVS)
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Whole blood, amniotic fluid or LabCorp buccal swab kit (Buccal swab collection kit contains instructions for use of a buccal swab.) or chorionic villus sample (CVS)
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Minimum Volume
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3 mL whole blood, 5 mL amniotic fluid, two buccal swabs, or 10 mg CVS
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3 mL whole blood, 5 mL amniotic fluid, two buccal swabs, or 10 mg CVS
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Transport Container
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Lavender-top (EDTA) tube, sterile plastic conical tube, or LabCorp buccal swab kit
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Lavender-top (EDTA) tube, sterile plastic conical tube, or LabCorp buccal swab kit
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Transport Temperature
"Maintain specimen at room temperature.
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Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
"Frozen specimen; hemolysis; quantity not sufficient for analysis; improper container; one buccal swab; wet buccal swab
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Methodology
" Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and gel electrophoresis "
Limitations
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Results of this test are for investigational purposes only. The performance characteristics of this assay have been determined by LabCorp. The result should not be used as a diagnostic procedure without confirmation of the diagnosis by another medically established diagnostic product or procedure.
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Results of this test are for investigational purposes only. The performance characteristics of this assay have been determined by LabCorp. The result should not be used as a diagnostic procedure without confirmation of the diagnosis by another medically established diagnostic product or procedure.
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