Last Modified:
8/12/2021 5:45:05 AM
Medical Necessity Documentation:
Client Notes:
Patient Preparation:
Specimen Requirements:
1.0 mL Serum in a SST Gold Top Tube
Collection Instructions:
Minimum Volume:
0.2 mL Serum
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
7 days Ambient (Transport)
14 days Refrigerated
30 days Frozen
Rejection Criteria:
Gross hemolysis • Grossly lipemic • Grossly icteric
Reference Range:
< 1:2
Critical Ranges:
Test Comments:
Limitations: False-negatives may occur in patients with solitary pulmonary lesions. Patients with active histoplasmosis may generate cross reactions. Elevated serum antibodies may be present in patients with meningeal coccidiocomycosis.
Methodology:
Complement fixation (CF)
Clinical Significance:
Infection by Coccidioides immitis can produce a spectrum of disease, with most patients being asymptomatic and some developing disseminated disease, including pneumonia and meningitis.
Documentation:
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
2 to 5 days
Days Performed:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed:
Quest - Chantilly
PHL Test Code:
COCB
EPIC Test Code:
IMO411
Send Out Test Code:
906
Alternate Test Names:
Coccidioides Ab; Coccidioides Antibody, Complement Fixation, Serum ; Coccidioides Total Antibodies; Valley Fever
Included Tests:
CPT Coding:
86635
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