91041 Calcitonin - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

91041 Calcitonin

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7.5 mL SST

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)
One 4 mL Green Top (Na 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 aliquot required for each frozen test ordered
Separate from cells ASAP

Rejection Criteria:

EDTA plasma
Grossly Hemolyzed Samples
Lipemic Samples

Stability:

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

Methodology:

Chemiluminescent Immunoassay

Performed:

Sun-Sat

Reported:

2-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

82308

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : 0-11.5 pg/ml

Male Reference Ranges
0 - 3 year(s)	:	NOT EST. pg/ml
3 - 150 year(s)	:	0.0-7.5 pg/ml

Female Reference Ranges
0 - 3 year(s)	:	NOT EST. pg/ml
3 - 150 year(s)	:	0.0-5.1 pg/ml