CRYPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN METHODOLOGY Latex Agglutination PERFORMED Mon-Fri REPORTED Same day COLLECT One 6 mL SST (Min: 4 mL SST) TRANSPORT 1 mL serum, refrigerated (Min: 0.5 mL) STABILITY Refrigerated - 7 days Frozen - Indefinitely UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS Plasma REMARKS Separate serum from cells ASAP. REFERENCE RANGE Negative INTERPRETIVE DATA A negative result does not exclude the possibility of cryptococcal infection. CPT CODE(S) 86313 BILLING INFORMATION ICD-9 (Dx) CODE INFORMATION DATE UPDATED
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