14 Day Hold Type and Screen / Type and Cross

Message

For Outpatient Surgical use ONLY. Patient must have preop orders and armband. Patient must not have been transfused or pregnant within 3 months. Form 6530/16 must be signed.

Test Code

NMCP Blood Bank

Alias/See Also

14 Day Hold (P20038)

CPT Codes
86900/86850/86920/86922

Includes

Includes ABO/Rh, Antibody Screen with Antibody ID if antibody screen is positive.

Preferred Specimen

EDTA Plasma

Minimum Volume

6 mL

Other Acceptable Specimens

Purple Top/EDTA

Instructions

Must be accompanied with a 6530 Request for blood products form and a signed, yellow 14 day hold form 6530/16. Patient must not have been transfused or pregnant within the last 3 months and must have no pre-identified clinically significant antibody/ies.

Transport Container

Pink Top/EDTA Tube

Transport Temperature

Room Temperature

Specimen Stability

14 Days Refrigerated

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

Hemolyzed Specimens

Methodology
Manual Tube Testing/Automated Provue

Clinical Significance

If patient criteria is met, enables patient to conveniently have their Blood Bank specimen collected within 14 days of surgery with compatible units allocated to them the day before surgery.

Performing Laboratory
NMC Portsmouth Transfusion Service

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.