91041 Calcitonin - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

91041 Calcitonin

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7.5 mL SST

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)

Submit:

2 mL (Min:1 mL) Serum. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

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

Special Handling:

Critical Frozen
Separate from cells ASAP

Stability:

Ambient: 2 Hour(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 3 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Chemiluminescent Immunoassay

Performed:

Sun-Sat

Reported:

3-5 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

82308 - Calcitonin

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : 0-11.5 pg/ml

Male Reference Ranges
0 - 150 year(s)	:	0-11.5 pg/ml

Female Reference Ranges
0 - 150 year(s)	:	0.4-4.6 pg/ml

The Siemens Immunlite 2000 method is used. Results obtained with different assay methods or kits cannot be used interchangeably. Calcitonin is useful in monitoring medullary thyroid carinoma. The calcitonin assay value, regardless of level, should NOT be interpreted as absolute evidence of the presence or absence of malignant disease.