91047      Carnitine, Total
Specimen:
  Collect: One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)  
  Submit: 0.5 mL (Min:0.2 mL) Plasma. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.  
  Special Handling: Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles
Critical Frozen
Separate from cells ASAP 
  Rejection Criteria: Hemolyzed specimens 
  Stability: Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 12 Hour(s); Frozen: 1 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable 
Methodology: Tandem Mass Spectrometry 
Performed: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 
Reported: 1-4 Day(s) 
CPT Codes:
83789 - Mass Spec, Quant
Interpretive Data:
General Reference Range : 34-80 umol/L

Male Reference Ranges
0 - 4 week(s) : 21-83 umol/L
4 week(s) - 1 year(s) : 38-73 umol/L
1 - 6 year(s) : 35-90 umol/L
6 - 20 year(s) : 31-78 umol/L
20 - 150 year(s) : 34-80 umol/L
Female Reference Ranges
0 - 4 week(s) : 21-83 umol/L
4 week(s) - 1 year(s) : 38-73 umol/L
1 - 6 year(s) : 35-90 umol/L
6 - 20 year(s) : 31-78 umol/L
20 - 150 year(s) : 34-80 umol/L