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Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Test Code LAB313 D-DIMER

Method

Photo Optical Latex Agglutination

CPT(s)

Description CPT Code
D-Dimer 85379

 

 

Specimen Information

Container Specimen Temperature Collect Vol Submit Vol Min Vol Stability
Blue Top Whole Blood Ambient To fill line To fill line To fill line 4 hours
Blue Top Plasma Frozen To fill line 2 mL plasma 1 mL plasma 6 months

TUBE MUST BE FULL AT COLLECTION. Refer to  Coagulation Specimen Handling before collecting. Deliver whole blood specimens within 4 hours of collection. For delayed delivery, send frozen plasma.

 

Reference Range

≤230 ng/mL DDU (DDIMER Units)

Any use of the age-adjusted cutoff value is a post-analytic modification of this FDA-approved test and is considered “off-label” use of the test result.  UVMMC laboratory does not have literature to support the validity of age-adjusted cutoff for our specific assay.

Instrumentation

ACL Top

Result Component(s)

Reporting Name Epic Code Atlas Code Mayo Access ID LOINC 
D-Dimer   DDT   48065-7

 

Performing Location

University of Vermont Medical Center

Test Schedule / Analytical Time / Test Priority

Daily / Same day / Available STAT

Section

Coagulation

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

Yes