Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), Cell count with Differential Build info

Synonyms

  • CSF CELL COUNT WITH DIFFERENTIAL
  • CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
  • DIFFERENTIAL
  • LAB212

Short Name

CSF CELL COUNT WITH

Procedure Master Number

LAB212

Procedure ID

1072

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

 Amniotic Sac CSF Reservoir CSF Reservoir Lumbar Puncture VP Shunt Aspirate VP Shunt Aspirate

Specimen Types

 Cerebrospinal Fluid

Container

CSF Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube:  Sterile, screw top tube
Specimen: CSF, minimal volume 0.5ml
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Stability: Within 24 hours of collection
                

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

Within 24 hours of collection
                

Methodology

Manual/Neubauer Hemacytometer
Huntington Hospital Manual C-Chip Hemocytometer

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

89051

PDM

 5500470

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
TUBE TYPE TUBETYPE TUBE TYPE Tube Type
CSF COLOR COLORCSF COLOR CSF
CSF APPEARANCE APPEARCSF APPEARANCE CSF
APPEARANCE SPUN APPEARANCESP APPEARANCE SPUN Appearance Spun
WBC CT WBC WBC CSF WBC, CSF
RBC COUNT, CSF RBCCSF RBC CSF RBC, CSF
CSF SEGMENTED NEUTROPHILS SEGSCSFABS SEGS CSF ABS
CSF LYMPHOCYTES LYMPHSCSFABS LYMPHS CSF ABS
ATYPICAL LYMPHS ATYPLYMPH ATYPICAL LYMPHS Atypical Lymphs
CSF MONOCYTES/MACROPHAGES MONOSCSFREL MONO MACRO CSF REL Csf Monocytes/Macrophages
EOSINOPHILS EOSABS EOS ABS CSF Eosinophils Absolute
NUCLEATED RED BLOOD CELLS - SPINAL FLUID NRBCSF NRBCSF, FLUID Nucleated Red Blood Cells - Spinal Fluid
OTHER CELLS - SPINAL FLUID OTHERCELLSF OTHERCELLSF, FLUID Other Cells - Spinal Fluid
CSF COMMENTS COMMENTSCSF CSF COMMENTS Csf Comments
TOTAL CELLS COUNTED, SPINAL FLUID CELLS NUM OF CELLS CSF