Test ID: PROTC
CPT code: 85303
LOINC: 6006-1
Specimen Type: Citrate
Frequency: Setup: Mon-Fri; TAT 1-3 days.
Instructions: Full 3.2% sodium citrate tube (Blue). If not analyzed within 4 hrs, spin 15min at 1500xg, separate plasma into 2 0.5ml aliquots, freeze at -20.
Text: Initial evaluation of patients suspected of having congenital protein C deficiency.
Specimen is stable 2 weeks frozen.
Methodology: Chromogenic