2064      C-Peptide
Specimen:
  Collect: One 7.5 mL SST

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin) 
  Submit: 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Also Acceptable
1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube. 
  Special Handling: Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature
Critical Frozen
Fasting Specimen is Preferred
Separate from cells and freeze within 1 hour of collection 
  Rejection Criteria: Can not be an add-on test. Must redraw new specimen. 
  Stability: Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 7 Day(s); Incubated: Unacceptable 
Methodology: Chemiluminescence 
Performed: Mon-Fri 
Reported: 1-3 Day(s) 
CPT Codes:
84681 - C-Peptide
Interpretive Data:
General Reference Range : 0.9-7.1 ng/mL

PLEASE NOTE: New C-Peptide Reference Range 10/10/2007