What is the CPT code for immunoglobulin A?
82784
Test Name: | IgA, TOTAL |
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Alias: | Immunoglobulin A LAB73 |
CPT Code(s): | 82784 |
Preferred Specimen: | 1.0 mL serum |
Container: | SST (gold) |
What is a serum light chain blood test?
Serum free light chain (SFLC) testing is ordered to help detect, diagnose, and monitor plasma cell disorders (dyscrasias), including multiple myeloma, primary amyloidosis, and related diseases or to monitor the effectiveness of treatment. Light chains are proteins produced by plasma cells.
What is the CPT code for Immunofixation serum?
Test Name: | IMMUNOFIXATION ELECTROPHORESIS, SERUM |
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Alias: | IFE LAB156 |
CPT Code(s): | 86334 84165 84155 |
Test Includes: | Immunofixation, Serum Protein Electrophoresis, Serum Protein, Total Serum |
Preferred Specimen: | 2.0 mL serum |
What are monoclonal light chains?
Bence Jones proteins (monoclonal free light chains of immunoglobulins) are the earliest known biological markers of malignant cell dyscrasia; Bence Jones proteinuria is also present in many types of B cell-related neoplasms. Sometimes, it may also occur in Hodgkin’s disease.
What does MGUS mean?
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a condition in which an abnormal protein — known as monoclonal protein or M protein — is in your blood. This abnormal protein is formed within your bone marrow, the soft, blood-producing tissue that fills in the center of most of your bones.
What is the difference between Spep and immunofixation?
In addition, immunofixation technique can also determine the particular isotype of the monoclonal protein. However, immunofixation technique cannot estimate the quantity of the M protein. In contrast, SPEP is capable of estimating the concentration of an M protein.
What do light chains mean?
Light chains are proteins made by plasma cells, a type of white blood cell. Plasma cells also make immunoglobulins (antibodies). Immunoglobulins help protect the body against illness and infections. Immunoglobulins are formed when light chains link up with heavy chains, another type of protein.