CU Index

Test ID: Z5023

CPT code: 86352
LOINC: 55141-6
Specimen Type: Red or SST
Frequency: 6 – 11 days
Instructions: 1.5 mL Serum from Red or SST, Ambient, Separate within two hours
Text: Patients with a chronic form of urticaria who are positive (> 10) with the CU index® have an autoimmune basis for their disease. A positive result does not indicate which autoantibody (anti-IgE, anti-FceRI or anti-FceRII) is present. Treatment for the autoimmune form of disease is often different from treatment for acute & transient urticaria.
Methodology: Ex-Vivo challenge and cell culture/Histamine analysis

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