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NIPS with Fetal Sex and Microdeletions


TEST DIRECTORY
Test Name
NIPS with Fetal Sex and Microdeletions
Description
Includes assessment of fetal sex. Intended for singleton pregnancies from 10 weeks gestation to term.
Detection of the most common fetal aneuploidies – Down syndrome (trisomy 21), Edwards syndrome (trisomy 18), and Patau syndrome (trisomy 13), as well as sex chromosome aneuploidies – Turner syndrome (monosomy X), Klinefelter syndrome (XXY), Jacobs syndrome (XYY), and trisomy X syndrome (XXX).
This test also detects microdeletion syndromes; 1p36 deletion, 4p-(Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome), 5p-(cri-du-chat syndrome), 15q11 (Prader-Willi syndrome/Angelman syndrome), and 22q11 deletion (DiGeorge).
Test Code
W913
SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS
Specimen Requirements
Minimum of 10 mL whole blood
Supplies for Submission
Streck cell-free DNA collection tube
Specimen Collection
Fill cfDNA tubes to capacity and invert 8-10 times to mix.
Storage Requirements
Refrigerated.
Specimens are stable if refrigerated for 5 days.
Causes for Rejections
Specimens with the following conditions are not accepted:
  • submitted in tubes other than Streck cell-free DNA collection tubes
  • frozen
    GENERAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
    Turn Around Time
    8-10 days
    CPT Code
    81420, 81422