Test ID: ZH337
CPT code: 86335
LOINC:
Specimen Type: Plastic urine container, no preservative
Frequency: 3 – 5 days weekday
Instruction: 10 mL Urine from Plastic urine container, no preservative, Refrigerated. Min 5 mL aliquot.
Text: Detect and identify monoclonal immunoglobulin gammopathies. IFE of serum or urine is most often ordered to evaluate a monoclonal globulin detected in a protein electrophoresis or to delineate a possible lymphoproliferative process, particularly myeloma. This procedure will help identify the specific light and heavy chain components of a monoclonal protein.
Methodology: Agarose gel immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE)