Immunoglobulin M

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General Information

Lab Name
Immunoglobulin M
Lab Code
IGM
Epic Ordering
Immunoglobulin M
Description
Synonyms
IgM

Interpretation

Method
Turbidometery
Reference Range
Units: mg/dL
Female Male
AgeRangeAgeRange
1d-14d5-30 1d-14d5-30
15d-5m15-109 15d-5m15-109
6m-1y43-239 6m-1y43-239
2y-5y50-199 2y-5y50-199
6y-11y50-260 6y-11y50-260
12y-16y45-240 12y-16y45-240
17y-40-350 17y-40-350

Effective date: 09/21/2018

Ref. Range Notes
 
Guidelines

Ordering & Collection

Specimen Type
Blood
Collection
3 mL blood in RED TOP or GOLD SST tube
Unacceptable:  BLUE TOP tube (Citrated plasma)
Handling Instructions
Quantity
requested: 1 mL serum
minimum: 0.3 mL serum

Processing

Processing
Refrigerate serum

Performance

LIS Dept Code
Immunology (IMM)
Performing Location(s)
UW-MT Immunology
206-520-4600

Clinical Lab, Room NW220,
University of Washington Medical Center,
1959 NE Pacific street, Seattle, WA 98195

Frequency
Monday-Friday
Available STAT?
No

Billing & Coding

CPT codes
82784
LOINC
2472-9
Interfaced Order Code
UOW1917
Interfaced Result Code
UOW1917