Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

C2 Complement Build info

Synonyms

  • C2 COMPLEMENT
  • C2 LEVEL
  • C2 ANTIGEN
  • LAB153

Short Name

C2 COMPLEMEN

Procedure Master Number

LAB153

Procedure ID

954

Clinical Info

Assess patients with hereditary deficiency of this component or acquired decrease in its level which may be seen due to hypercatabolism in hereditary angioneurotic edema, or consumption or loss as in vasculitides, glomerulonephritides, immune complex diseases. C2 deficiency is the most common complement deficiency (1 in 10,000) and is associated with SLE.

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

Red Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tubes: Red top
Specimen: 2 mL (min 0.1 mL) of serum
Transpoert Temperature: Frozen
Stability: 12 Days- Refrigerated or Frozen
Collection Note: Spin down, separate serum from cells, freeze immediately

Transport Instructions

Specimen Stability

12 Days- Refrigerated or Frozen
Collection Note: Spin down, separate serum from cells, freeze immediately

Methodology

 Immunologic Quantitation by Radial Immunodiffusion(RID)

Days Performed

Tuesday, Thursday

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp of America

CPT

86160
 
LOINC Code:  4484-2

PDM

 5902250

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
C2 COMPLEMENT C2 C2 COMPLEMENT C2 Complement

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