Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Profile (DIC Screen)

Tube Type = Light Blue Top

Tube Type

Includes: PT, APTT, Fibrinogen, D-dimer, PLTs

Test ID LAB1119
EPIC Order DIC PROFILE
CPT Code(s) see individual tests
Group/Individual Test Group
Laboratory Core Laboratory
Tube Station 30 Routine; 888 STAT
Specimen Routine:
2.7 mL blood/Lt Blue Sodium Citrate tube; See Comments
Pediatric:
1.8 mL blood pediatric Lt Blue Sodium Citrate tube
Stability



Unspun: 4 hrs
Room Temperature: 4 hrs
Refrigerated:  NO
Frozen: 14 days (plasma only)
Availability Routine: 24 hrs/day
STAT: Yes
Turnaround Time Routine: 2 hrs; STAT: 1 hr
Reference Range Normal: see individual tests
Comments
  • Draw tube must be allowed to fill completely.
  • Short draws will be rejected.

Reviewed by J. Carr on November 19, 2025

UNC Hospitals
McLendon Clinical Laboratories
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514