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What if ionized calcium is not medically necessary and I don’t want to run it with the other tests on a Chem 8+ cartridge?

April 26, 2017calcium cartridge CHEM don’t ionized medically necessary run tests

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What if ionized calcium is not medically necessary and I don’t want to run it with the other tests on a Chem 8+ cartridge?

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An ionized calcium test should not be performed and billed if it is not medically necessary. The ionized test function can be “turned off” when running an iSTAT Chem 8+ cartridge so that no test result is reported. See your Operator’s Manual for how to do this.