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Immunofixation (IFE), Urine-LabCorp

Important Note

Immunofixation should not be ordered as a stand-alone test for monoclonal protein studies.

  • Order Protein Electrophoresis (PE) first, which will reflex to IFE if indicated.

  • If IFE is specifically required, it must be accompanied at minimum by a PE order.

State patient's age and clinical diagnosis on the test request form

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Urine Container, random or 24 hr

Specimen Requirements

Preferred:
Container/Tube: Urine Container, random or 24 hr
Minimum Volume: 10 mL
Collection Instructions: Random or 24-hour urine collection; mix well.

Specimen Stability

Temperature Period
Room temperature 14 days
Refrigerated 14 days
Frozen 14 days
Freeze/thaw cycles Stable x3      

Reference Range

Normal pattern

Methodology

Agarose gel immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE)

CPT

86335

Test Alias

Bence Jones Protein
IFE, Urine
IEP, Urine
Immunoelectrophoresis, Urine

Report Available

3-5 days