The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

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Laboratory tests arranged alphabetically

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C-ANCA
   Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) Screen with Reflex Titer and Confirmatory ELISA(s), Serum

C-Difficile Toxin
   Clostridium difficile Toxin A&B, Stool

C-erb-2 Oncoprotein, Tissue

C-KIT Mutation Analysis, Cell Based, Whole blood

C-Peptide, Serum or Plasma

C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Plasma

C-Reactive Protein, High-Sensitivity, Plasma

C-Telopeptide (CTx), Serum

C1 Esterase Inhibitor, Protein Quantitation, Serum
  See also: C1q Complement Component Level, Serum or Plasma

C1 Functional Assay
   C1q Complement Component Level, Serum or Plasma

C1 Inhibitor Functional Assay (C1INH), Serum

C13 Urea Breath Test
   Helicobacter pylori Breath Test, Breath

C1q Complement Component Level, Serum or Plasma
  See also: C1 Esterase Inhibitor, Protein Quantitation, Serum

C2 Complement Component, Serum

C3 Complement (Renal Genetic Test), Whole Blood

C3 Complement Component, Plasma
  See also: Cryoglobulin, Serum

C3 Nephritic Factor Analysis, Serum

C4 Complement Component, Plasma
  See also: Cryoglobulin, Serum

C5 Complement Component, Serum

CA 125
   Cancer Antigen 125, (Ca 125), Plasma

CA 15-3
   Cancer Antigen-Breast (CA 15-3), Serum

Cadmium, Blood

Cadmium, Urine

Caffeine, Serum

CAH Profile 4 (3B-Hsd Deficiency Screen)
  See also: 17-Alpha Hydroxyprogesterone, Serum
   Androstenedione (Adione), Serum
   Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Pediatric only, Serum
   17-OH-Pregnenolone, Serum

CAH Profile 6
  See also: 17-Alpha Hydroxyprogesterone, Serum
   Androstenedione (Adione), Serum
   Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), Pediatric only, Serum
   Deoxycorticosterone, Serum
   Desoxycortisol, 11-(Specific Compound S), Serum
   17-OH-Pregnenolone, Serum
   Progesterone, Pediatric, Serum
   Testosterone, Total, Pediatric, Serum

Calcitonin, Serum

Calcium, Urine

Calcium, Urine Quantitative

Calcium (Total), Plasma

Calcium Channel Binding Antibody, N-Type or P/Q Type
   Paraneoplastic Autoantibody Evaluation, Serum

Calcium, Ionized (Or Free), Serum, Plasma or Blood

Calcofluor White
   KOH Prep/Calcofluor White

Calculi (Stone) Analysis, Calculi specimen (air dried)

California Encephalitides
   Arbovirus Antibody Battery, Serum

Calpain 3 Sequencing, Whole Blood

Calprotectin, Stool

Canavan Disease, Mutation Analysis, Various

Cancer Antigen 125, (Ca 125), Plasma

Cancer Antigen 27.29 (CA 27.29), Serum

Cancer Antigen-Breast (CA 15-3), Serum

CAPN3
   Calpain 3 Sequencing, Whole Blood

Carbamazepine, Plasma
  See also: Carbamazepine Epoxide & Total, Serum

Carbamazepine Epoxide & Total, Serum
  See also: Carbamazepine, Plasma

Carbidopa
   Sinemet (Carbidopa), Serum or Plasma

Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9), Plasma

Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin, Serum

Carbon Dioxide (CO2 Content), Plasma

Carbon Dioxide (CO2 Content), Urine

Carbon Monoxide (Carboxyhemoglobin)
   Carboxyhemoglobin, Blood

Carboxyhemoglobin, Blood

Carcinoembryonic Antigen, Plasma

Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA), CSF

Cardio CRP
   C-Reactive Protein, High-Sensitivity, Plasma

Cardiolipin Antibody, IgG and IgM, Serum

Carnitine, Urine

Carnitine Palmitolyl Transferase Activity (includes CPT1 and CPT2)
   CPT I/II, Fibroblast

Carnitine Transport, Fibroblasts

Carnitine, Free and Total, Plasma or Serum

Carotene, Serum

Cat Scratch Antibodies
   Bartonella henselae (Cat Scratch) Antibodies, IgG & IgM, Serum

Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia, Plasma

Catecholamines, Fractionated, Plasma

Catecholamines, Fractionated, Urine
  See also: Dopamine, Urine
   Homovanillic Acid (HVA), Urine
   Metanephrines, Urine
   Neuroblastoma Screen, Urine
   Vanillylmandelic Acid (VMA), Urine

Cathartic Laxatives Profile, Random Urine

CBC (Complete Blood Count), Blood

CBC with Automated Differential, Whole Blood

CBFB/MYH11 inv(16), Quantitative Real-Time PCR, Whole Blood or Bone Marrow

CD34 Stem Cells
   Stem Cell Quantitation, Peripheral Blood

CD4 Lymphocytes, Peripheral blood

CDKL5-Related Atypical Rett Syndrome (STK9), Whole Blood

CDKL5-Related Atypical Rett Syndrome (STK9), Known, Whole Blood

CEA
   Carcinoembryonic Antigen, Plasma

Celiac Disease/Dermatitis Herpetiformis Panel
   Tissue Transglutaminase, Serum

Celiac Genetic Assessment, Whole Blood

Cell Count And Differential
   CBC (Complete Blood Count), Blood

Cell Count and Differential, CSF

Cell Culture (Biochemical and Molecular Studies), Amniotic Fluid, Skin, Fetal Tissue, Diaphragm, Other Tissue

CellCept
   Mycophenolic Acid, Serum or Plasma

Cerebral Spinal Fluid Cytology, CSF

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis

Ceruloplasmin, Plasma

Cervical Vaginal Cytology
   Pap Smear, Cervical/Vaginal Smear
   Pap Test-Liquid Based Collection, Cervical/Endocervical/Vaginal Cells in Fluid Collection Media

CF
   CF Poly T Variant Analysis, DNA, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis 900, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Analysis, Whole Blood

CF Poly T Variant Analysis, DNA, Whole Blood

CFHR5-Factor H Related 5 (Renal Genetic Test), Whole Blood

CH-50
   Complement, Total Classical, Hemolytic (CH50), Serum

CHAGAS, Serum or Plasma

Chain of Custody, (Chain of Evidence)
   Medical/Legal Specimens

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (PMP 22), Type IA, Whole Blood

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Axonal type 2B1, CMT2B1
   Lamin A/C Sequencing, Whole Blood

CHARGE Syndrome, Whole Blood

Chitotriosidase (CHITO) for Gaucher clinical drug monitoring, Serum
  See also: Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) for Gaucher Clinical Drug Monitoring, Serum
   Tartrate Resistant Acid Phosphatase (TRAP) for Gaucher clinical drug monitoring, Serum

Chlamydia Pneumoniae PCR, Nasopharyngeal Swabs or Wash, Lung Tissue, Lavage, Sputum

Chlamydia trachomatis & Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Amplified Detection (APTIMA), Urine

Chlamydia trachomatis Detection by PCR

Chlamydia trachomatis Isolation

Chlamydia/Gonorrhoeae (IVF donor), Urine (males) or Swab/Urine (females)

Chloral Hydrate (Trichloroethanol), Serum

Chloride, Plasma

Chloride, Urine

Chloride, Urine, Quantitation

Chloride, Whole Blood

Chlorpromazine, Serum

Cholestanol (Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis), Plasma

Cholesterol, Plasma

Cholesterol, High-Density Lipoprotein, Plasma

Cholesterol, Low-Density Lipoprotein (calculated), Plasma
  See also: Low Density Cholesterol Measured, Plasma

Cholinesterase, RBC/Hb Ratio, Whole Blood
  See also: Pseudocholinesterase, Total, Serum or Plasma

Chorionic Gonadotropin
   Pregnancy Test, Qualitative, Plasma

Chorionic Gonadotropin, Beta-Subunit (Quantitative), CSF, Spinal Fluid

Chorionic Gonadotropin, Total, Human, Quantitative (hCG), Plasma

Chorionic Villus Sample, Chromosome Analysis, CVS

Chromium, Serum

Chromium, Urine

Chromogenic X, Plasma
  See also: Coagulation Factor Assays, Plasma

Chromogranin A, Serum

Chromosomal Analysis, Amniotic Fluid
  See also: Chromosomal Analysis, Fetal Blood (Prenatal Diagnosis)
   Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization (FISH-Prenatal-Aneuploidy/Microdeletion), Amniocytes, Chorionic Villi

Chromosomal Analysis, Bone Marrow (for acquired and constitutional abnormalities)
  See also: Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization (FISH-Bone Marrow), Bone Marrow

Chromosomal Analysis, Chorionic Villi (CV)

Chromosomal Analysis, Fetal Blood (Prenatal Diagnosis)

Chromosomal Analysis, Peripheral Blood for Hematological Disorders
  See also: Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization (FISH-Hematological Blood), Peripheral Blood

Chromosomal Analysis, Peripheral Blood, Cord Blood

Chromosomal Analysis, Product of Conception (POC)

Chromosomal Analysis, Skin or Internal Tissue or Blood from Autopsy

Chromosomal Analysis, Skin, Other Tissue

Chromosomal Analysis for Fragile X
   Fragile X, DNA Testing, Whole Blood

Chromosomal Breakage Studies, Peripheral Blood

Chronic Leukemia
   Chronic Lymphocytic, Prolymphocytic, or Hairy Cell Leukemia, Various

Chronic Lymphocytic, Prolymphocytic, or Hairy Cell Leukemia, Various

Chronic Urticaria Index Panel, Serum

Chronic Urticaria Index/Functional, Serum

Chylomicron Screen, Body Fluids

Chymotrypsin, Monoclonal, Formed Stool (Random)

Citalopram, Serum

Citric Acid, Urine

CK
   Creatine Kinase, Plasma

CKMB
   Troponin T, Plasma

CLL
   Chronic Lymphocytic, Prolymphocytic, or Hairy Cell Leukemia, Various

Clomipramine (Anafranil), Serum

Clonazepam, Serum

Clorazepate (assayed as Nordiazepam), Serum
  See also: Diazepam (Valium & Nordiazepam), Serum

Clostridium difficile Toxin A&B, Stool

Clozapine (Clozaril) and Norclozapine, Serum or Plasma

Clozaril
   Clozapine (Clozaril) and Norclozapine, Serum or Plasma

CMA Array , Whole Blood from lavender top (EDTA) tube AND green top (sodium heparin) tube

CMT Disease, Type 1A, DNA
   Charcot-Marie-Tooth (PMP 22), Type IA, Whole Blood

CMV
   Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Quantitation by PCR, Whole Blood and CSF
   Cytomegalovirus Antibody, IgG Class, Serum
   Cytomegalovirus Antibody, IgM Class, Serum
   Cytomegalovirus Antigen Detection
   Cytomegalovirus Culture, Various
   Viral Culture

CMV Quant PCR, Amniotic Fluid

CNS Serology Battery, Serum

Coagulation Factor Assays, Plasma

Coagulation Factor C Homolog (Cochlin) (Deafness Genetic Test), Whole Blood

Coagulation Factor Inhibitor, Plasma

Coagulation Factor Inhibitor Quantitation, Plasma

Coagulation Factor V Assay, Gene
   Factor 5 Leiden/Factor 2 Gene PCR Assay, Whole Blood

Cocaine Confirmation, Urine
  See also: Drugs of Abuse Screen, Urine

Coccidioides Antibodies by CF, ID, ELISA, Serum
  See also: Aspergillus Antibody by ID, Serum
   Blastomyces Antibody by ID, Serum
   Coccidioides Antibodies CSF by CF, ID, ELISA, CSF
   Fungal Serology, Serum
   Histoplasma Antibodies CF, ID, Serum

Coccidioides Antibodies CSF by CF, ID, ELISA, CSF
  See also: Aspergillus Antibody by ID, Serum
   Blastomyces Antibody by ID, Serum
   Coccidioides Antibodies by CF, ID, ELISA, Serum
   Fungal Serology, Serum
   Histoplasma Antibodies CF, ID, Serum

Coccidioides Antibody (CF)
   Fungal Serology, Serum

Coenzyme Q10, Total, Serum or Plasma

COL1A1/2 gDNA direct, Fibroblast

Cold Agglutinin Titer, Plasma

Coliform Analysis
   Nitrate Analysis, Drinking Water

Collagen 6A Analysis, Whole Blood

Collagen VI
   Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, Muscle or Skin Biopsy

Complement
   C3 Complement Component, Plasma
   C4 Complement Component, Plasma
   C5 Complement Component, Serum

Complement Factor H, Plasma

Complement Factor H (Renal Genetic Test), Whole Blood

Complement, Alternative Pathway, Hemolytic (RCH50), Serum

Complement, Total Classical, Hemolytic (CH50), Serum

Complement, Various Hemolytic Functional Assays
  See also: C1 Inhibitor Functional Assay (C1INH), Serum
   C2 Complement Component, Serum
   Complement, Alternative Pathway, Hemolytic (RCH50), Serum
   Complement, Total Classical, Hemolytic (CH50), Serum

Complete Blood Profile
   CBC (Complete Blood Count), Blood

Compound F
   Cortisol, Plasma

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Whole Blood

Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, Muscle or Skin Biopsy

Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, 1C (MDC1C) - FKRP Sequencing
   FKRP Sequencing, Whole Blood

Consult Pathology - Surgical Pathology, Outside Slides

Coombs Test
   Antibody Screen, Plasma
   Direct Antiglobulin Test, Blood

Copper, Liver Tissue

Copper, Serum or Plasma
  See also: Ceruloplasmin, Plasma

Copper, Urine

Cord Blood Testing, Blood
  See also: Blood Type (ABO and Rh), Blood
   Direct Antiglobulin Test, Blood

Cordarone
   Amiodarone & Metabolite, Serum or Plasma

Cortisol, Plasma

Cortisol, Salivary

Cortisol/Cortisone Urine Free (by LC-MS/MS), Urine

Cortisone
   Cortisol, Plasma
   Cortisol/Cortisone Urine Free (by LC-MS/MS), Urine

Cotinine
   Nicotine and Cotinine Metabolite, Urine

Coxiella burnetii
   Q Fever Antibody, IgG and IgM, Serum

Coxsackievirus Group B Antibody Battery, Serum

CPK
   Creatine Kinase, Plasma

CPT I/II, Fibroblast

Creatine Kinase, Plasma

Creatinine, Plasma

Creatinine, Urine, Quantitative

Creatinine Clearance, Plasma & Urine

Creatinine, Random, Urine

Creuztfeld-Jakob Disease Monitor

CRMP-5-IgG Antibody
   Paraneoplastic Autoantibody Evaluation, CSF
   Paraneoplastic Autoantibody Evaluation, Serum

Cross-Match, Per Unit, Blood
  See also: Type and Screen (T&S)

Crossmatch Flow Cytometry (VAMC), Whole Blood

Crossmatch Lymphocytotoxic - Full (VAMC), Whole Blood

Crossmatch Lymphocytotoxic - On-Call (VAMC), Whole Blood

Crossmatch Screening, T Cell and B Cell (VAMC), Whole Blood

CRP
   C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Plasma

Cryoglobulin, Serum

Cryptococcus Antibody, Serum

Cryptococcus Antigen, CSF, Serum

Cryptosporidium/Giardia, Stool

Crystal Analysis by Polarization Microscopy, Synovial Fluid, Tophus

Crystallographic Analysis
   Calculi (Stone) Analysis, Calculi specimen (air dried)

CSF
   Cytologic Evaluation, Body Fluid

Culture
   Bacterial Culture
   Fungal Culture
   Mycobacterial Culture
   Viral Culture

Culture Specimen (Delivery Procedure)

Culture-Anaerobic
  See also: Bacterial Culture

Culture-Bacterial
  See also: Bacterial Culture

Culture-Blood
  See also: Bacterial Culture

Culture-Blood-Fungus
   Isolator Blood Culture, Whole Blood

Culture-Enteric Pathogens
   Stool Culture, Routine (Includes E. Coli Shiga toxin by EIA), Stool

Culture-Fungus
   Fungal Culture

Culture-Fungus-Blood
   Isolator Blood Culture, Whole Blood

Culture-GC Screen

Culture-Group A Beta Hemolytic Streptococcus, Throat Swab
  See also: Bacterial Culture

Culture-Group B Strep Screen

Culture-Mycobacterial (TB)
   Mycobacterial Culture

Culture-Mycology
   Fungal Culture

Culture-Possible N. Gonorrhea
   Bacterial Culture
   Culture-GC Screen

Culture-Quantitative, Sputum (Cystic Fibrosis only)

Culture-Urine, Urine
  See also: Bacterial Culture

Culture-Viral
   Viral Culture

Culture-Yersinia, Stool
  See also: Bacterial Culture
   Stool Culture, Routine (Includes E. Coli Shiga toxin by EIA), Stool

Cyanide, Blood

Cyclic AMP, Random Urine

Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody, Plasma

Cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril), Serum or Plasma

Cyclosporine, Whole Blood

Cystatin C, Serum or Plasma

Cystic Fibrosis
   CF Poly T Variant Analysis, DNA, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis 900, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Analysis, Whole Blood

Cystic Fibrosis 508 First, Whole Blood
  See also: Cystic Fibrosis 900, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis Amplified, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis Deletion/Duplication Analysis, Whole Blood

Cystic Fibrosis 900, Whole Blood
  See also: Cystic Fibrosis 508 First, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis Amplified, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis Deletion/Duplication Analysis, Whole Blood

Cystic Fibrosis Amplified, Whole Blood
  See also: Cystic Fibrosis 508 First, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis 900, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis Deletion/Duplication Analysis, Whole Blood

Cystic Fibrosis Deletion/Duplication Analysis, Whole Blood
  See also: Cystic Fibrosis 508 First, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis 900, Whole Blood
   Cystic Fibrosis Amplified, Whole Blood

Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Analysis, Whole Blood

Cysticercosis Antibody, IgG by Western Blot , CSF

Cystine, Quantitative, Urine
  See also: Amino Acids, Quantitative, Plasma
   Amino Acids, Quantitative, Random Urine

Cystine, White Blood Cell, Whole Blood

Cytochrome P450 2C19 Genotyping (CYP2C19 ), Whole Blood

Cytochrome P450 2C9 Genotyping (CYP2C9), Whole Blood

Cytochrome P450 2D6 Genotyping (CYP2D6), Whole Blood

Cytogenetics
   Cell Culture (Biochemical and Molecular Studies), Amniotic Fluid, Skin, Fetal Tissue, Diaphragm, Other Tissue
   Chromosomal Analysis, Amniotic Fluid
   Chromosomal Analysis, Bone Marrow (for acquired and constitutional abnormalities)
   Chromosomal Analysis, Chorionic Villi (CV)
   Chromosomal Analysis, Fetal Blood (Prenatal Diagnosis)
   Chromosomal Analysis, Peripheral Blood for Hematological Disorders
   Chromosomal Analysis, Peripheral Blood, Cord Blood
   Chromosomal Analysis, Product of Conception (POC)
   Chromosomal Analysis, Skin or Internal Tissue or Blood from Autopsy
   Chromosomal Analysis, Skin, Other Tissue
   Chromosomal Breakage Studies, Peripheral Blood

Cytokine
   Interleukin Secretion, Whole Blood

Cytokine Panel 12 by MAFD, Serum or Plasma

Cytologic Evaluation, Body Fluid

Cytologic Examination, Esophagus, Colon or Gastric Fluid

Cytology Examination
   Aspirated Knee/Joint/Cyst, Fluid
   Breast Nipple Discharge, Breast Nipple Discharge
   Bronchial Brush Cytology, Bronchial Brush
   Bronchial Wash Cytology, Bronchial Wash
   Bronchioalveolar Lavage (BAL) for Cancer Evaluation, Bronchioalveolar Lavage
   Cerebral Spinal Fluid Cytology, CSF
   Cytologic Evaluation, Body Fluid
   Cytologic Examination, Esophagus, Colon or Gastric Fluid
   Fat Pad Aspiration, for Amyloid, Aspiration
   Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA), Radiologic Guided
   Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA), Superficial
   Peritoneal Wash, for Cancer Evaluation
   Spontaneous Sputum for Cancer Evaluation, Sputum
   Urine Cytology, Urine

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Quantitation by PCR, Whole Blood and CSF

Cytomegalovirus Antibody, IgG Class, Serum

Cytomegalovirus Antibody, IgM Class, Serum

Cytomegalovirus Antigen Detection
  See also: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Quantitation by PCR, Whole Blood and CSF

Cytomegalovirus by PCR, Whole Blood or Bone Marrow

Cytomegalovirus Culture, Various
  See also: Viral Culture

Cytomegalovirus IgG Avidity, Serum

Cytospin Morphology
   Pathologist Cytospin Review, Body Fluid
   Pathologist Cytospin Review, CSF

Cytotoxicity/Apoptosis, Whole blood

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