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Test ID: PCLIP
Plasma Cell Labeling Index (PCLI) Profile

Secondary ID A test code used for billing and in test definitions created prior to November 2011

84376

Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful

Establishing a diagnosis of a plasma cell proliferative disorder

 

Distinguishing overt multiple myeloma (MM) from monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance (MGUS) and smoldering MM

 

Providing independent prognostic information for MM as a measure of disease activity

Profile Information A profile is a group of laboratory tests that are ordered and performed together under a single Mayo Test ID. Profile information lists the test performed, inclusive of the test fee, when a profile is ordered and includes reporting names and individual availability.

Test IDSecondary IDReporting NameAvailable SeparatelyAlways Performed
PCLIF84378Plasma Cell Labeling Index (Flow)NoYes
PCLII84379PCLINoNo

Reflex Tests Lists test(s) that may or may not be performed, at an additional charge, depending on the result and interpretation of the initial test(s)

Test IDSecondary IDReporting NameAvailable SeparatelyAlways Performed
PCLIC84380PCLI ConsultantNoNo

Testing Algorithm Delineates situation(s) when tests are added to the initial order. This includes reflex and additional tests.

When the labeling index is > or =0.4, PCLIC/84380 Plasma Cell Labeling Index Consultant, a pathologist review of slides, will be performed at an additional charge.

Method Name A short description of the method used to perform the test

PCLIF/84378: Flow Cytometry

PCLII/84379: Fluorescent Microscopy

Reporting Name A shorter/abbreviated version of the Published Name for a test; an abbreviated test name

Plasma Cell Labeling Index Profile

Aliases Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching

Labeling index
Myeloma screen