Ashkenazi Jewish carrier profile complete

Alphabetical Test listing

Ashkenazi Jewish carrier profile complete-14448

04/07/2023: This test order is currently unavailable. To order a referred alternate, place a MSO order for LabCorp (481797) Inheritest 14 Gene Panel 

  
Ashkenazi Jewish carrier profile complete
  
14448
  
LAB14448
  
AJC
  
Aspartoacylase
Beta-hexosaminidase
Glucocerebrosidase
Mucolipin
Protogadherin-15
Riley-Day Syndrome
Sister Chromatid Exchange
Sphingomyelinase
von Gierke disease
  
  • Bloom syndrome, DNA
  • Canavan disease, DNA
  • Cystic fibrosis (32 mutations) DNA
  • Dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase
  • Familial dysautonomia, DNA
  • Familial hyperinsulinism
  • Fanconi anemia C
  • Gaucher disease, DNA
  • Glycogen storage disease carrier testing
  • Hexosaminidase A
  • Joubert syndrome type II
  • Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)
  • Mucolipidosis type IV mutation detection
  • Nemaline myopathy
  • Niemann-Pick disease
  • Tay-Sachs disease, biochemical, leukocytes (percentage of hexosaminidase A, total activity)
  • Usher syndrome type IF
  • Usher syndrome type III
  • Walker-Warburg syndrome
  

Identification of carriers for eighteen genetic diseases with elevated prevalence among people of Jewish heritage. See Test Includes for individual components of this profile.

  
EDTA and ACD whole blood
  

Lavender (EDTA), 10mL and 

Yellow ACD (A or B)

 

  
EDTA whole blood - 8mL
ACD whole blood - 10mL
  
EDTA whole blood - 4mL
ACD whole blood - 5mL
  

Immediately following collection, mix each tube by inverting 8 - 10 times to prevent clotting

  
  • Submit specimen in original collection containers
  • Do not spin

 

  

Lavender (EDTA), 10mL and Yellow ACD (A or B) tubes

  

 

  • Molecular Medicare billing request

    Hospital clients submitting a request for this assay on an outpatient with Medicare should complete and submit a Molecular Medical billing request form along with the sample.

    • Complete and submit the form to notify us of the need for Allina Health Laboratory to bill insurance for Molecular testing performed
    • All information requested is required in order for your request to be completed
  

Specimens must arrive in the lab within four days of collection. 

  • Maintain Lavender (EDTA), 10mL tube at room temperature. 
  • Refrigerate Yellow ACD (A or B) tube.

 

Refrigerated (Yellow ACD (A or B) tube only) - 4 days

Ambient (Lavender (EDTA), 10mL tube only)

Frozen - NO

  
  • Frozen specimen
  • Hemolysis
  • Quantity not sufficient for analysis (QNS)
  • Yellow-top (ACD) tube not received within four days of collection
  • Improper container
  
LabCorp Burlington (375920): R-LC
  
13 - 16 days
  

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), oligonucleotide ligation assay, and primer extension with flow-sorted bead array analysis

Determination of β-hexosaminidase A and B activity using heat inactivation

  

This test is not appropriate for non-Ashkenazi Jewish individuals. This assay may not detect patients or carriers of rare variants of Tay-Sachs disease, such as the B-1 variant or the activator protein deficiency.

  
This test may require preauthorization from the insurance provider. Check the payer guidelines and, if needed, obtain the pre-authorization prior to sample collection.
  
81200
81205
81209
81220
81242
81250
81251
81260
81290
81330
81400 x 3
81401
81479
83080
  

Hospital clients submitting a request for this assay on an outpatient with Medicare should complete and submit a Molecular Medical billing request form along with the sample.

  • Complete and submit the form to notify us of the need for Allina Health Laboratory to bill insurance for Molecular testing performed
  • All information requested is required in order for your request to be completed

Molecular Medicare billing request

  
02/03/2020
  
02/01/2022
  
12/31/2023