UNOS PRA, Class I & Class II /MICA (VAMC)

Iowa Regional Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center 10E-19
319-338-0581, EXT. 5640 (dial 158 from UIHC)

Specimen(s):

Whole Blood

Minimum:

One 10 mL red top (no additive) tube.

Delivery Instructions:

Deliver at room temperature.

Turn Around Time:

Testing performed weekly. Resulted in Epic in 7 working days.
Available STAT. Verbal reported in 5 hours. Resulted in Epic by 24 h.

Comments:

Percent reactive antigen (PRA), class I & class II.
The percentage of HLA antigens within a pool of donors bound by 
antibody in the blood sample.  Results updated in UNOS.

All HLA Testing is ordered through the University of Iowa Epic 
System.

Methodology:

Luminex, Solid Phase

CPT Code:

86828, 81479

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