Test Code LAB147 ANA (ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES)

Additional Codes

CPT Code: 86038

Multiplex Flow Immunoassay

Peninsula Regional Medical Center - Serology

Testing is performed Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Specimens collected on those days must arrive by 0900 to be tested that day.

Schedule is subject to change based on holidays, instrumentation issues, and reagent availability.

Draw blood in a gold-top serum gel tube. (Hemolyzed specimen is not acceptable.) Spin down and send 2 mL of serum.

<100 AU/mL: negative

100-120 AU/mL: equivocal

>120 AU/mL: positive

Reference values apply to all ages.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday