text: what is the meaning of hcv igg?   hcv means hepatitis c virus. elevations in the different classes of immunoglobulins (antibody) are sometimes useful in determining the cause of liver damage in patients whom the diagnosis is unclear: total iga is elevated in alcoholic cirrhosis;  total igm is elevated in viral hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis;  total igg is elevated in viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis and cirrhosis.  hcv igg elisa is an enzyme-linked immuniosorbent assay (elisa) for the qualitative determination of antibody hepatitis c virus human serum or plasma. please see the google search for more details on hepatitis c virus immunoglobulin g.