Test ID: Q0079
CPT code: 85280
LOINC: 3232-6
Specimen Type: PLT poor plasma-citrate
Frequency: Mon-Fri; analytic time 2 days
Instructions: 2 vials ea. 1.5mL platelet-poor plasma from light blue (Citrate) tube. Donot pool aliquots together. Frozen. Freeze at -40 or less.
Text: This assay measures the clotting ability of Factor 12. This assay is usedto aid in the diagnosis of coagulation deficiencies that are most often asymptomatic, rarely bleed and may even thrombose.
Methodology: Clot Detection