Test Code LAB119 SPEP, INCLUDES QUANTITATION OF MONOCLONAL SPIKE

Method

Capillary Electrophoresis

CPT(s)

Description	CPT Code
Protein Electrophoresis	84165
Protein, Total	84155

Reference Range

	Age	Low	High	Units
Albumin	All	3.6	5.2	g/dL
Albumin %	All	55.8	66.1	%
Alpha 1	All	0.15	0.40	g/dL
Alpha 1 %	All	2.9	4.9	%
Alpha 2	All	0.5	1.00	g/dL
Alpha 2 %	All	7.1	11.8	%
Beta	All	0.6	1.2	g/dL
Beta %	All	8.4	13.1	%
Gamma	All	0.6	1.6	g/dL
Gamma %	All	11.1	18.8	%

Instrumentation

Sebia Capillarys Tera 3

Specimen Information

Container	Specimen	Temperature	Collect Vol	Submit Vol	Min Vol	Stability
SST	Serum	Refrigerate	4 mL	1.5 mL	0.5 mL	7 days

Heparin tube (green) is NOT acceptable.

Performing Location

University of Vermont Medical Center

Test Schedule / Analytical Time / Test Priority

Monday – Friday, run starts at 8:00 am / 3 days / Not available STAT

Section

Chemistry-2

Is the UVMMC lab NY State Certified to perform this testing? Yes/No

Yes