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Test Code FFTYC Collagen Type II antibody

Reporting Name

Collagen Type II Antibodies

Performing Laboratory

IMMCO Diagnostics, Inc.

Specimen Type

Serum


Specimen Required


Collection Container/Tube:

Preferred: Plain Red tube

Acceptable: SST tube

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 3 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Draw blood in a plain, red-top tube(s) or a serum-gel tube(s).

2. Centrifuge and send 3 mL of serum refrigerated in a plastic vial.


Specimen Minimum Volume

1 mL

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time Special Container
Serum Refrigerated (preferred) 7 days
  Frozen  365 days
  Ambient  7 days

Reference Values

Negative:                         <20 EU/mL

Borderline/Equivocal:     20-25 EU/mL

Positive:                          >25 EU/mL

 

Day(s) Performed

Once Weekly

CPT Code Information

83520

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
FFTYC Collagen Type II Antibodies 13879-2

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
Z0911 Collagen Type II Antibodies 13879-2

Report Available

4 to 18 days

Interpretation

Anti-collagen II antibodies occur in 22% of patients with idiopathic SNHL, 30% of patients with sudden deafness and 20% of patients with Meniere’s disease. Anti-collagen II antibodies also occur in patients with relapsing polychondritis and in rheumatoid arthritis.

Method Name

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)