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Abnormal Bleeding Time

Last Modified: 10/1/2009 10:35:13 AM


  Medicare Medical Necessity Restrictions May Apply
Medical Necessity Documentation: APTT: For acceptable narrative descriptions and ICD-9 information see Addendum C
PT: For acceptable narrative descriptions and ICD-9 information see Addendum C
PLT: For acceptable narrative descriptions and ICD-9 information see Addendum C
Specimen Requirements: 3 full Whole Blood Blue Top Tube - 3.2% Na Citrate 
and
3.0 mL Whole Blood in a Lavender Top Tube - EDTA
and
1.0 mL Plasma from a Blue Top Tube - 3.2% Na Citrate in a Plastic Vial
Temperature & Stability:

Whole Blood Blue Top Tube: 
2 hours Ambient or Refrigerated if patient heparinized
24 hours Ambient or Refrigerated if patient non-heparinized
72 hours Frozen

Lavendar Top Tube: 72 hours Refrigerated

Plasma: 
4 hours Ambient
8 hours Refrigerated
1 month Frozen
Reference Range: Refer to Interpretive Results
Methodology: Multiple

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

Days Performed: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed: Parkview Huntington, Parkview LaGrange, Parkview Noble, Parkview Whitley
PHL Test Code: ABP
Included Tests:
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT); Bleeding Time; D-Dimer Quantitative; Fibrinogen; Platelet Count (PLT); Prothrombin Time (PT)   
CPT Coding: 85002, 85049, 85610, 85730, 85384, 85379

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