Immunoglobulin A

General Information

Lab Name

Immunoglobulin A

Lab Code

IGA

Epic Name

Immunoglobulin A

Synonyms

IgA

Interpretation

Method

Turbidometery

Reference Range

Units: mg/dL

Female Male
AgeRangeAgeRange
0-11m0-83 0-11m0-83
1y-3y20-100 1y-3y20-100
4y-6y27-195 4y-6y27-195
7y-9y34-305 7y-9y34-305
10y-11y53-204 10y-11y53-204
12y-13y58-358 12y-13y58-358
14y-15y47-249 14y-15y47-249
16y-19y61-348 16y-19y61-348
20y-84-499 20y-84-499

Effective date: 12/01/2015

Ref. Range Notes

 

Guidelines

Ordering & Collection

Specimen Type

Blood

Collection

3 mL blood in RED TOP or GOLD SST tube
Unacceptable:  BLUE TOP tube (Citrated plasma)

Quantity

requested: 1.0 mL serum
minimum: 0.3 mL serum

Processing

Refrigerate serum

Performance

LIS Dept Code

Immunology (IMM)

Performing Location(s)

UW-MT Immunology
206-520-4600

Clinical Lab, Room NW220,
University of Washington Medical Center,
1959 NE Pacific street, Seattle, WA 98195

Frequency

Monday-Friday

Available STAT?

No

Billing & Coding

CPT codes

82784

LOINC

2458-8

Interfaced Order Code

UOW748

Interfaced Result Code

UOW748