Specimen:
Collect
- One SST
Also Acceptable:
- One Green Top (Li Heparin)
- One Green Top (Na Heparin)
- One Lavender (EDTA)
- One Pink Top (EDTA)
- One Red Top
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
- Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature
- Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles
- For patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (>5 mg/day), no laboratory test specimen should be collected until at least 8 hours after the last biotin administration.
- Separate from cells ASAP
- Serum in SST stable for 48 hours refrigerated.
Stability
Ambient: 2 Hour(s); Refrigerated: 14 Day(s); Frozen: 6 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA)
Performed
Mon-Fri
Reported
1-3 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 83001
Interpretive Data
Male Reference Ranges
- 0 - 2 year(s) : 0.10-0.80 mIU/ml
- 2 - 10 year(s) : 0.10-0.30 mIU/ml
- 10 - 18 year(s) : 0.10-7.50 mIU/ml
- 18 - 150 year(s) : 1.00-14.00 mIU/ml
Female Reference Ranges
- 0 - 2 year(s) : 0.10-5.90 mIU/ml
- 2 - 18 year(s) : 0.10-7.40 mIU/ml
- 18 - 150 year(s) : SEE COMMENT mIU/ml
Female age-related FSH Reference Ranges:
0.1-5.9 Ages 0-2 yrs
0.1-7.4 Ages 3-18 yrs
Additional female FSH Reference Ranges:
3.5-12.5 Follicular Phase
4.7-21.5 Ovulation Phase
1.7-7.7 Luteal Phase
25.8-134.8 Postmenopause
Male age-related FSH Reference Ranges:
0.1-0.8 Ages 0-2 yrs
0.1-0.3 Ages 3-10 yrs
0.1-7.5 Ages 11-18 yrs
1.0-14.0 Ages 19+ yrs
Biotin in specimens taken from patients on high-dose biotin therapy or supplements may intefere with this test and cause inaccurate test results. It is recommended that for patients receiving therapy with high biotin doses (> 5 mg/day), no laboratory test specimen should be collected until at least 8 hours after the last biotin administration.
Components
- 2166 - FSH
Last Updated: May 19, 2025 @ 9:13 am
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