- YBISMU
Bismuth, Blood
Specimen:
Test Code
YBISMU
Specimen Name
Bismuth, Blood
Collect
1-Royal Blue (EDTA or NA-Heparin)
Submit
6 mLs (Min: 1 mL) Whole Blood Ambient
Special Handling
Transport 3 or 6 mL whole blood in the original collection tube.
Rejection Criteria
Specimens collected in tubes other than royal blue (K2EDTA) or royal blue (NaHep).
Stability
Ambient Indefinitely; Refrigerated Indefinitely; Frozen Unacceptable
Methodology
Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP=MS)
Performed
Sunday - Saturday
Reported
3-5 days
CPT Codes
- 83018
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