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Test Code CO2 Carbon Dioxide

Methodology

Photometric

Specimen Requirements

Please use preferred tube types whenever possible.

Preferred Container/Tube Type: Green Top (Lithium Heparin) Tube

Alternate Serum Separator Tube (SST)

Transport refrigerated.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Reference Values

Age Reference Values
0-16 years 18-28 mmol/L
> 16 years 23-30 mmol/L

 

Call Back Values Results
Critical value

≤10 mmol/L

≥40 mmol/L

 

 

Test Classification and CPT Coding

82374

Performing Laboratory

Beebe Healthcare Laboratory

Performing Location

Margaret H. Rollins Laboratory

South Coastal Campus Laboratory

Specialty Surgical Hospital Laboratory

Specimen Tube Color

  Tube Cap Color Tube Name
Preferred   Mint Green Lithium Heparin
Alternate    Serum Separator Tubes (SST)