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Test Code SMNA Semen Analysis

Methodology

Microscopy

Performing Laboratory

Aspen Valley Hospital

Physician Office Specimen Requirements

Specimen must arrive within 30 minutes of collection.

 

Total ejaculate (minimum volume:  1 mL) in a clean, screw-capped container. Keep specimen at body temperature and forward promptly.

Reference Values

Volume:  1.5-5.0 mL

pH:  7.0-8.0

Liquefaction:  complete within 30 minutes

Sperm count:  60-150 million/mL

Sperm progression:  straight line

Motility:  >60% 1 hour after collection

Morphology:  testing performed by Conceptions Laboratory, Littleton, Colorado

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Sperm morphology results available 7 to 10 days after specimen collection.

Test Classification and CPT Coding

89320 - semen analysis

89322 - sperm morphology