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Test Code MEHGB Methemoglobin, Blood

Performing Laboratory

MaineGeneral Medical Center

Specimen Requirements

Specimen must arrive within 30 minutes of draw.

 

Draw blood in a green-top (lithium heparin) tube.  Label specimen with patient’s name (first and last), date of birth, date and time of draw and phlebotomist’s initials.

Day(s) Test Performed

Monday - Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

83050

Methodology

Co-Oximeter/Polychromatic Spectrophotometry (SP)

Includes carboxyhemoglobin.

Reference Values

0-2.0%