Blood

I drew blood on a patient today from Right AC region. It was very dark like way to much iron which she isn't on. I was able to draw maybe 1 cc in tubing and it stopped. I then went to Left AC region and drew bright red blood without a problem. I was drawing for a PT/INR. Why the difference in color? I have never seen this before.

re: Blood

you are in the wrong forum! We can tell you that if the doctor drew the blood after you missed to use a 96410, but the color of the blood is not a common topic amongst coders. The color has nothing to do with anything- you certainly cannot judge iron content by color. Blood from an artery is reddder than venous blood due to higher oxygen content.