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Fetal Bleed Screen

Tube Type = Lavender TopTube Type
Test ID FBLDS
EPIC Order FETAL BLEED SCREEN
CPT Code(s) 85461
Laboratory Transfusion Medicine Service
Tube Station 32 (Routine and STAT)
Specimen Routine: 5 mL blood/Lavender KEDTA tube; See Comments
Availability Routine: 24 hours/7 days
STAT: Yes
Expedite: Yes
Reference Range Normal: Negative
Comments If Positive, Fetal Hemoglobin by Flow Cytometry is Ordered
Must be Post-Delivery or Procedure Sample

Reviewed by J. Carr on November 13, 2025

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