1080 Creatinine with GFR

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7.5 mL SST

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)
One 4 mL Gray Top
One 4 mL Green Top (Na Heparin)

Submit:

1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Also Acceptable
1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Seperate from cells as soon as possible.
GFR is calculation ONLY!

Can add to a previous Serum Creatinine Result.
To estimate the glomerular filtration rate for African Americans, multiply the result provided by 1.21

Rejection Criteria:

Hemolyzed specimens

Performed:

Mon-Fri

Reported:

1-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

82565

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

1014 - CREATININE, SERUM

1040 - GFR ESTIMATION