The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK


Pregnancy Test, Qualitative
Order Code: SPGPOC
Epic Lab Code: LAB1148
Order Form: A-1a General Lab or Epic Req
  Chemistry
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Plasma
Collection Medium:
Plasma separator tube
Minimum:
5 ml
Testing Schedule:
24 hrs/day, 7 days a week, including holidays.
Analytic Time:
50 minutes
Reference Range:
Positive = pregnant;  negative = not pregnant
Positive if over 10 mIU/mL
Methodology:
Electrochemiluminoscent Immunoassay
CPT Code:
84703
 
See also:
Chorionic Gonadotropin, Total, Human, Quantitative (hCG), Plasma

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Updated: 04/28/2009

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