Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories

Collect

Plain red top or SST tube.

Specimen Preparation

Onsite [NJH]: Transport to lab within 1 hour.
Offsite: Separate serum from cells within 2 hours by centrifuge and aliquot into a labeled polypropylene or similar plastic tube.
Preferred volume: 1 mL serum

Pediatric Collection

Minimum volume: 0.1 mL serum

Storage Transport Temp

Offsite: Send frozen serum Priority Overnight via FedEx and in a well insulated container on dry ice.

Stability

Stability after cell separation:
3 days refrigerated at 2-8°C
Indefinitely if frozen at  ≤ -20°C

Performed

Mon-Fri

Methodology

Turbidimetric

Reported

4 hours

Department

Core Lab

Synonyms

Turbidimetric (Immunoglobulin M, total)

Related Tests

Primary Immunodeficiency Screen, Pneumococcal polysaccharide IgG antibody [12 serotypes] (PNU12), Diphtheria IgG antibody titer (DIPHT), Tetanus IgG antibody titer (TET), Lymphocyte enumeration, CDC panel [CD3/CD4, CD3/CD8, CD19, CD16/56] (TBCDC), CBC with automated diff (HCBC), Immunoglobulin A level (IGA), Immunoglobulin G level (IGG), Alternative complement pathway activity (AH50), Total complement activity (CH50)

Reference Interval

Immunoglobulin M,Total	Human
	Male	Female
	mg/dL
Newborn - 1 month	19-193	19-193
2 months - 11 months	21-192	21-192
1 year - 3 years	43-163	43-163
4 years - 19 years	48-226	48-226
20+ years	44-266	44-266

CPT Code

82784