hCG
A pregnancy test can tell whether you're pregnant by checking a sample of your urine (pee) or blood for a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).
Both urine and blood tests check for hCG to find out whether you're pregnant.
Source: MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Normal range
No published reference range from a named lab yet.
Details
- Sample
- Urine · LOINC
- Listed under
- Ectopic Pregnancy · Pregnancy · Teenage Pregnancy
- Code
- LOINC 2106-3
- Also known as
- Choriogonadotropin, Gyn, QL, CG, Qual