Client Notes:
Please contact the Genetics Department at 266-9250 to request more information
Specimen Requirements:
5.0 mL Whole Blood in a Green Top Tube - Na Heparin
Collection Instructions:
Clinical history and reason for referral are required with test order.
Do not reject.
Minimum Volume:
1.0 mL Whole Blood
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability:
Specimen viability decreases during transit. Send specimen to testing laboratory for viability determination.
24 to 72 hours Ambient
Rejection Criteria:
Frozen Specimen
Reference Range:
No Reference Range Established
Test Comments:
If results are not possible, the test order may be canceled and replaced by code 416 - Cytogenetics Communication
Methodology:
Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH)
Clinical Significance:
To aid in sex determination and investigation of Turner syndrome
Documentation:
If one or more FISH tests are ordered on a specimen without chromosome analysis, a tissue culture will be added at an additional charge (CPT code: 88230).
Additional results received will no longer be reported.
Custom Panel:
No
PRODUCTION SCHEDULE
Turn Around Time:
7 days
Days Performed:
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed:
Quest - Chantilly
PHL Test Code:
MSOT
EPIC Test Code:
MISC
Send Out Test Code:
14606
Alternate Test Names:
Fish, SRY; SRY Probe; SRYX
Included Tests:
X Probe, Y Probe
CPT Coding:
88271 x 2, 88273