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Test Code LAB2620 Cryoglobulin, Serum

Additional Codes

CRY_S

Useful For

Evaluating cryoglobulins in patients with vasculitis, glomerulonephritis, and lymphoproliferative diseases

 

Evaluating cryoglobulins in patients with macroglobulinemia or myeloma in whom symptoms occur with cold exposure

 

This test is not useful for general screening of a population without a clinical suspicion of cryoglobulinemia.

Reflex Tests

Test ID Reporting Name Available Separately Always Performed
IMFXC Immunofixation Cryoglobulin No No

Testing Algorithm

If cryoglobulin has a positive result after 1 or 7 days, then immunofixation will be performed at an additional charge. Positive cryoglobulins of 0.1 mL or above of precipitate will be typed once.

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester

Specimen Type

Serum Red


Ordering Guidance


This test is also available as a part of a profile to assess for both cryofibrinogen and cryoglobulin. For more information see CRGSP / Cryoglobulin and Cryofibrinogen Panel, Serum and Plasma.



Specimen Required


Collection Container/Tube: Red top (serum gel/SST are not acceptable)

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 5 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Tube must remain at 37° C.

2. Allow blood to clot at 37° C.

3. Centrifuge at 37° C. Do not use a refrigerated centrifuge. If absolutely necessary, ambient temperature is acceptable. It is very important that the specimen remain at 37° C until after separation of serum from red blood cells.

4. Place serum into an appropriately labeled plastic vial.

Additional Information: Analysis cannot be performed with less than 3 mL of serum. Smaller volumes are insufficient to detect clinically important trace (mixed) cryoglobulins. Less than 3 mL will require collection and submission a new specimen.


Specimen Minimum Volume

3 mL

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time Special Container
Serum Red Refrigerated (preferred)
  Frozen 

Reference Values

Negative (positives reported as percent or trace amount) 

If positive after 1 or 7 days, immunotyping of the cryoprecipitate is performed at an additional charge.

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Friday

CPT Code Information

82595

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
CRY_S Cryoglobulin, S 12201-0

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
2684 Cryoglobulin, S 12201-0

Interpretation

An interpretive report will be provided

Method Description

The normal proteins of serum do not precipitate in the cold. An aliquot of serum is incubated for 24 hours at 1 degree C. If a precipitate develops in the serum, the specimen is centrifuged, and the percent precipitate is reported. Negative specimens are kept at 1 degree C for 7 days and rechecked. All positive cryoglobulins are analyzed by immunofixation to determine if the precipitate is a monoclonal protein, polyclonal protein, or a mixed cryoglobulin.(Lerner AB, Watson CJ: Studies of cryoglobulins; unusual purpura associated with the presence of a high concentration of cryoglobulin [cold precipitable serum globulin]. Am J Med Sci. 1947 Oct;214[4]:410-415; Desbois AC, Cacoub P, Saadoun D: Cryoglobulinemia: An update in 2019. Joint Bone Spine. 2019 Nov;86(6):707-713. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2019.01.016)

Report Available

2 to 10 days

Specimen Retention Time

2 weeks

Reject Due To

Gross hemolysis OK
Gross lipemia OK
Gross icterus OK

Method Name

CRY_S: Quantitation and Qualitative Typing Precipitation
IMFXC: Immunofixation

Secondary ID

80988

Forms

If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send a Renal Diagnostics Test Request (T830) with the specimen.