Test ID: Q0400
CPT code: 85270
LOINC: 3226-8
Specimen Type: Citrate-PLT poor plasma
Frequency: Mon-Fri; analytic time 4 days
Instructions: 2 vials ea. 1.5mL platelet-poor plasma from light blue (Citrate) tube. Donot pool aliquots together.Frozen. Freeze at -40 or less.
Text: This assay measures the clotting ability of Factor 11. This assay is usedto aid in the diagnosis of coagulation factor deficiencies that may present with mild bleeding, bruising, epistaxis, retinal hemorrhage, and menorrhagia.
Methodology: Clot Detection