Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Tumor Marker Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG)

Synonyms

  • HCG, TUMOR MARKER
  • HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN - TM
  • LAB752

Cerner Name

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin- TM

Clinical Info

Results of the HCG-TM test cannot be interpreted as absolute evidence of the presence or absence of malignant disease. 

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

Blood

Container

Gold Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Gold-top tube(s)
Specimen: 1 mL of serum

Specimen Volume

1 mL of serum

Transport Instructions

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

5 days at Room Temperature
14 days Refrigerated
12 months Frozen
Freeze only once.

Methodology

Electochemiluminescence Immunoassay

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

84702

PDM

5910190

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN- TM HCG HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN TM hCG Tumor Marker

Result Interpretation

 

Sex

Age

Reference Range (mIU/mL)

Female

0 – 10 years

Male

0 – 10 years

Female

10 – 50 years

≤ 1

Male

10 – 50 years

≤ 1

Female

50 – 150 years

≤ 7

Male

50 – 150 years

≤ 1

Results of the HCG-TM test cannot be interpreted as absolute evidence of the presence or absence of malignant disease. This test should not be used in determining or monitoring pregnancy; for that purpose, use the HCGQ test instead.

Newborns will have detectable levels of hCG (≤ 50 mIU/mL) at birth which decline to undetectable by the third month of age.
Peri- and post-menopausal females often have mildly elevated hCG levels (usually less than 14 mIU/mL), that are constant over time.

The HCG-TM test is performed on Roche instruments using an electrochemiluminescence immunoassay that detects intact hCG, “nicked” forms of intact hCG, the beta-core fragment and the free beta-hCG subunit. HCG concentrations obtained from different assay methods or instruments cannot be used interchangeably. The performance characteristics of this assay as a tumor marker have been evaluated by the Northwell Core Laboratory and is not FDA approved.

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