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Test Code LAB21036 IMMUNOGLOBULIN M (IGM)

Department

Send Outs

Reference Lab Test Number

IGM

Collection Requirements

Centrifuge, separate serum from cells and send 1.0 mL serum in a screw capped plastic vial.

Refer To

Warde Medical Laboratory

Primary Collection Container

Serum separtor tube (SST)

Alternate Collection Container

Plasma: Lavender EDTA, green sodium or lithium heparin

Serum: Red top

Transport

Refrigerated

Stability

Room temperature: Undetermined

Refrigerated: 8 days

Frozen: 3 months

Minimum Testing Volume

0.5 mL

Reference Range

0 – 30 days: 0 – 24 mg/dL

1 month: 19 – 83 mg/dL

2 months: 16 – 100 mg/dL

3 months: 23 – 85 mg/dL

4 months: 26 – 96 mg/dL

5 months: 31 – 103 mg/dL

6 months: 33 – 97 mg/dL

7 – 8 months: 32 – 120 mg/dL

9 – 11 months: 39 – 142 mg/dL

1 year: 41 – 164 mg/dL

2 years: 46 – 160 mg/dL

3 years: 45 – 190 mg/dL

4 years: 41 – 186 mg/dL

5 – 7 years: 46 – 197 mg/dL

8 – 9 years: 49 – 230 mg/dL

?10 years: 40 – 230 mg/dL

Methodology

Nephelometry

Performed

Sunday-Thursday

Reported

2-4 days

CPT Codes

82784

Unacceptable Conditions

Grossly lipemic samples.