NICKEL SERUM
General Information
HLAB/HOL Code: NICKE
UPHSM LIS Test #: 025484
Schedule:
Testing Time: 1-7 Days
Testing Lab: Mayo
UPHSM LIS Test #: 025484
Schedule:
Testing Time: 1-7 Days
Testing Lab: Mayo
Specimen Info
Only 1 specimen type required, unless otherwise specified
Volume: 2.0 mL
Temperature: Refrigerated
Tube Type: Royal blue top (no additive) metal free
Collection Info:
Collection Instructions:
1. Allow the specimen to clot for 30 minutes; then centrifuge the specimen to separate serum from the cellular fraction.
2. Remove the stopper. Carefully pour specimen into a Mayo metal-free, screw-capped vial, avoiding transfer of the cellular components of blood. Do not insert a pipet into the serum to accomplish transfer, and do not ream the specimen with a wooden stick to assist with serum transfer.
Patient Preparation: High concentrations of gadolinium and iodine are known to interfere with most metal tests. If either gadolinium- or iodine-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen should not be collected for 96 hours.
Temperature: Refrigerated
Tube Type: Royal blue top (no additive) metal free
Collection Info:
Collection Instructions:
1. Allow the specimen to clot for 30 minutes; then centrifuge the specimen to separate serum from the cellular fraction.
2. Remove the stopper. Carefully pour specimen into a Mayo metal-free, screw-capped vial, avoiding transfer of the cellular components of blood. Do not insert a pipet into the serum to accomplish transfer, and do not ream the specimen with a wooden stick to assist with serum transfer.
Patient Preparation: High concentrations of gadolinium and iodine are known to interfere with most metal tests. If either gadolinium- or iodine-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen should not be collected for 96 hours.
Specimen Acceptability
REJECT DUE TO:
Gross hemolysis: OK
Gross lipemia: OK
Gross icterus: OK
Gross hemolysis: OK
Gross lipemia: OK
Gross icterus: OK
Methods
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Clinical Utilities
Confirmation of an elevated urinary nickel concentration.
This test is not useful for the investigation of nickel hypersensitivity.
This test is not useful for the investigation of nickel hypersensitivity.
CPT Codes
83885
* The CPT codes provided are based on AMA guidelines and are for informational purposes only. CPT coding
is the sole responsibility of the billing party. Please direct any questions regarding coding to the payer being billed.
Reference Range
< 2.0 ng/mL
Values 2.0 ng/mL and higher represent possible environmental or occupational exposure to nickel (Ni).
Toxic Ni concentrations are greater or equal to 10 ng/mL.
Values 2.0 ng/mL and higher represent possible environmental or occupational exposure to nickel (Ni).
Toxic Ni concentrations are greater or equal to 10 ng/mL.
