Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) Build info

Synonyms

  • CEA
  • EMBRYONIC CARCINOMA ANTIGEN
  • LAB57

Short Name

CEA

Procedure Master Number

LAB57

Procedure ID

762

Clinical Info

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

Transport Instructions

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

7 Days Room Temperature
14 Days Refrigerated
6 Months Frozen

Methodology

Electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA)
 
The CEA assay should not be used as a cancer screening test. Serum CEA concentrations should only be used in conjunction with information available from the clinical evaluation of the patient and from other diagnostic procedures.

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday, Continuously

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

82378

PDM

 5300305

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN CEA CEA CEA