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Order Name CEA CEA

Important Note

*This test is orderable in Cerner as CEA UVM

Method

Chemiluminescent Immunoassay

CPT(s)

Description CPT Code

CEA                                                                         

 82378

 

Specimen Information

Container

Specimen

Temperature

Collect Vol

Submit Vol

Minimum Vol

 Stability

SST

Serum

Refrigerate

4 mL

1 mL

1 mL

 7 days
Yellow Microtainer   Refrigerate 0.6 mL N/A N/A 7 days

*While a microtainer is an optional tube type in rare circumstances, it is not recommended.

Reference Range

≥18 years all sexes:

0 -  2.5 in 98.2% of Nonsmokers and 87.3% of Smokers
2.6 – 5 in 1.8% of Nonsmokers and 8% of smokers
5.1 – 10.1 in 4.7% of Smokers

Instrumentation

Siemens ADVIA Centaur XPT

Result Code LOINC(s)

Result Code Reporting Name LOINC Code
CEA CEA 2039-6

 

Performing Location

University of Vermont Medical Center

Test Schedule / Analytical Time / Test Priority

Monday – Friday / Same day, first shift only / Not available STAT

Section

Chemistry-2

Is the UVMMC lab NY State Certified to perform this testing?  Yes/No

Yes

Order Code LOINC

Order Code Reporting Name LOINC Code
CEA CEA 2039-6