Orderable EAP code:

LAB103880

Billable EAP Codes:

80001723 x 1 (if Arterial) 80001721 x 1 (if Venous) 80001724 x 1 (if Mixed Venous) 80001722 x 1 (if Capillary) 80005487 x 1 80001807 x 1 80001753 x 1 80001708 x 1 80001806 x 1 80001805 x 1 80001731 x 1 80001703 x 1 80001754 x 1

CPT Codes:

82805 x 1 (if Arterial) 82805 x 1 (if Venous) 82805 x 1 (if Mixed Venous) 82805 x 1 (if Capillary) 80051 x 1 85018 x 1 83050 x 1 83275 x 1 85018 x 1 85018 x 1 82947 x 1 82330 x 1 83605 x 1

Lab Section:

Core Lab

Includes:

pH, pCO2, pO2, HCO3, Total CO2, Total Hemoglobin, Oxyhemoglobin, Carboxyhemoglobin, Methemoglobin, Oxygen Saturation, Deoxyhemoglobin, Glucose, Lactate, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, and Ionized Calcium.

Turnaround Time:

Routine:15 Minutes

Urgent: 15 Minutes

Extreme Emergency: 15 Minutes

Test Schedule:

24 hours, 7 days a week.

Critical Values:

Reference Range and Critical Values 

Test	Sample Source if applicable	Reference Range	Critical Limits
pH
0 to 2 months	Arterial	7.30 to 7.50	Less than or equal to 7.10
Over 2 months	Arterial	7.37-7.44
	Venous	7.35 to 7.45
	Capillary-Neonate only	7.30 to 7.50	Less than or equal to 7.25
			Greater than or equal to 7.55
	Mixed Venous	7.32 to 7.41
pCO2
0 to 2 months	Arterial	30 to 65 mmHg
Over 2 months	Arterial	32 to 43 mmHg
	Venous	35 to 50 mmHg
	Capillary-Neonate only	30 to 69 mmHg	Less than or equal to 20 mmHg
			Greater than or equal to 70 mmHg
	Mixed Venous	45 to 52 mmHg
pO2
0 to 2 months	Arterial	50 to 75 mmHg
2 months to 40 years	Arterial	83 to 108 mmHg
Over 40 years	Arterial	72 to 104 mmHg
	Venous	30 to 55 mmHg
	Capillary-Neonate only	40 to 50 mmHg	Less than or equal to 35 mmHg
	Mixed Venous	35 to 40 mmHg
HCO3	Arterial	21 to 28 mmol/L
	Venous	22 to 28 mmHg
	Mixed Venous	24 to 28 mmol/L
Total CO2	Arterial	22 to 28 mmol/L
	Venous	23 to 29 mmol/L
PaO2/FIO2 Ratio		Greater than 300 mmHg
Base Excess	Arterial	-2 to 2
	Venous	-3 to 3
O2Sat
0 to 1 month	Arterial	40 to 90%
1 month -150 years	Arterial	92 to 98%
Oxyhemoglobin		95 to 98%
Carboxyhemoglobin
Non-smokers		Less than 1.6%	Greater than 20%
Smokers  1 to 2 packs/day		4 to 5%
Smokers  2 or more packs/day		8 to 9%
Methemoglobin		Greater than 1.5%
Deoxyhemoglobin	Arterial Only	2.0% or less	2
Sodium, Whole Blood		134 to 143 mmol/L	Less than or equal to 120 or greater than or equal to 160 mmol/L
Potassium, Whole Blood		3.4 to 5.0 mmol/L	Less than or equal to 2.5 or greater than or equal to 6.0
Chloride, Whole Blood		97 to 108 mmol/L
Ionized Calcium	Measured	1.14 to 1.32 mmol/L	Less than or equal to 0.75 or greater than or equal to 1.62 mmol/L
	Calculated (at pH of 7.4)	1.14 to 1.28 mmol/L
Glucose, Whole Blood
0 to 1 day		41 to 60 mg/dL	Less than 41 or greater than 299 mg/dL
1 day to 150 years		60 to 99 mg/dL	Less than or equal to 54 and greater than 499 mg/dL
Lactate		0.2 to 2.0 mmol/L	Greater than 2.0 mmol/L
Hemoglobin g/dL
Age	Male	Female	Critical Values
0 to 30 days	10.0 to 18.0	10.0 to 18.0
1 to 6 months	9.5 to 14.0	9.5 to 14.0	Less than 6.6 or greater than or equal to 20.0 g/dL
6 months to 2 years	10.5 to 13.5	10.5 to 13.5
2 to 6 years	11.5 to 13.5	11.5 to 13.5
6 to 12 years	11.5 to 15.5	11.5 to 15.5
12 to 18 years	13.0 to 16.0	12.0 to 16.0
18 to 150 years	13.5 to 17.5	12.0 to 16.0

Specimen Requirements:

1 mL of whole blood collected in a heparinized syringe.

Send on ice within 20 minutes. 

Pediatric Specimen Requirements:

0.3 mL whole blood collected in a heparinized syringe.

Send on ice within 20 minutes. 

Synonyms:

Blood Gases

Co-ox

ABG

VBG

CBG