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Copley Hospital Information

Outpatient Blood Drawing Hours

Copley Lab Holiday Closings

Introduction

Billing

Copley Lab Phone Numbers

Supplies and Couriers

Specimen Collection and Handling

Specimen Collection

Anaerobic Cultures

Blood Culture Collection

Coagulation Specimen Handling

Collecting a Blood Sample

Fingerstick Collections

Sterile Mid-Stream Urine Collection

24-Hour Urine Collection

Urine Preservatives: 24 Hour Collection

Instructions for Handling Blood Samples

Instructions for Packing Samples for Transport

Test Specific Information

Critical Values

Reflex Testing

Tests Subject to Reflex

Result Reporting

Repeat Testing

Stability Chart

Stat List

Submission of Specimens

Medical Necessity

Blood Count Testing NCD 190.15

Hepatitis Panel Testing NCD 190.33

Iron Studies Testing NCD 190.18

Lipid Testing 190.23

PT Testing NCD 190.17

PTT Testing NCD 190.16

Thyroid Testing 190.22

Urine Culture, Bacterial 190.12

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