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Test Code PATH CHRG Crystal Identification, Joint Fluid

Methodology

Compensated Polarized Light Microscopy
Includes cytospin preparation.

Performing Laboratory

Decatur General Pathology

Specimen Requirements

This is not orderable as a single test - pathology charge only.

 

1 mL of joint fluid in a plain, red-top tube(s). (Other fluid source is not acceptable.) Maintain sterility and forward promptly to the laboratory.

Reference Values

No polarizable crystals identified.
If present, crystals are identified.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Friday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

89060