Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Apolipoprotein E Genotyping

Synonyms

  • APO E GENOTYPE
  • APO E GENOTYPING BY PCR
  • APOE
  • LAB11588

Cerner Name

APO E Genotype

Clinical Info

Specimen Sources

Blood, Arterial Blood, Capillary Blood, Central Line Blood, Venous

Specimen Types

Blood

Container

Lavender Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Patient Preparation: A previous bone marrow transplant
from an allogenic donor will interfere with testing. Call
800-533-1710 for instructions for testing patients who have
received a bone marrow transplant.
Container/Tube: Lavender EDTA tube or Yellow ACD top tube
Specimen : 3 mL Whole Blood (1 mL min)
Collection Instructions:
1. Invert several times to mix blood.
2. Send specimen in original tube.
Transport Temperature: Room Temperature

Specimen Volume

3 mL Whole Blood (1 mL min)

Transport Instructions

Room Temperature

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Including Restriction
Digest

(PCR is utilized pursuant to a license agreement with Roche
Diagnostic Systems, Inc.)

Days Performed

TAT; 10 - 11 Days

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Medical Laboratories

CPT

81401-APOE (apolipoprotein
E) (eg, hyperlipoproteinemia type III, cardiovascular disease,
Alzheimer disease), common variants (eg, *2, *3, *4)
;

PDM

5900275

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
APOE RESULT SUMMARY APOESUM APOE RESULT SUMMARY APOE Result Summary
APOE RESULT APOERES APOE RESULT APOE Result
APOE INTERPRETATION APOEINT APOE INTERPRETATION APOE Interpretation
APOE REASON FOR REFERRAL APOEREAS APOE REASON FOR REFERRAL APOE Reason for Referral
APOE SPECIMEN APOESPEC APOE SPECIMEN APOE Specimen
APOE SOURCE APOESC APOE SOURCE APOE Source
APOE RELEASED BY APOERELBY APOE RELEASED BY APOE Released By

Result Interpretation

Forms
LAB11588 build edit