DIC Screen

Test ID: DIC

CPT code:
LOINC:
Specimen Type: Citrated plasma, EDTA whole blood
Frequency: Setup: Daily; TAT <4 hrs
Instructions:  1 lavender tube (whole blood) and 1 blue. Spin and freeze blue plasma if testing delayed more than 4 hrs.
Text: Identify and follow course of disseminated intravascular coagulation. FDP no longer performed as of 5/1/14.
Components: PT Protime (INR); PTT PTT; PLT Platelet Count; SCHSC Schistocyte Coag; FIBR Fibrinogen; DDIME D-Dimer.
Methodology: See individual components.
CPT: 85379, 85361, 85384, 85760, 85049, 85610, 85008

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