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CPT Code: 80170
Performing Laboratory
Peninsula Regional Medical Center - Chemistry
Specimen Requirements
Submit only 1 of the following specimens:
Plasma
Draw blood in a green-top (lithium heparin) tube from a
fasting patient. (Hemolyzed specimen is not
acceptable.) Spin down and send 2 mL of lithium
heparin plasma.
Note: 1. Indicate plasma.
2. Label specimen appropriately (plasma).
Serum
Draw blood in a gold-top serum gel tube from a fasting patient.
(Hemolyzed specimen is not acceptable.) Spin down
and send 2 mL of serum.
Note: 1. Indicate serum.
2. Label specimen appropriately (serum).
Reference Values
RANDOM
No established reference values
PEAK Therapeutic Range:
>6 months: 5.0-12.0 mcg/mL
<6 months: 5.0-10.0 mcg.mL
Critical values (automatic call-back)
>6 months: >12.0 mcg/mL
<6 months: >10.0 mcg/mL
TROUGH Therapeutic Range:
>6 months: 0.5-2.0 mcg/mL
<6 months: 0.5-1.0 mcg/mL
Critical values (automatic call-back):
>6 months: >2.0 mcg/mL
<6 months: >1.0 mcg/mL