Specimen:
Collect
- One SST
Also Acceptable:
- One Green Top (Li 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.
- Minimize air exposure
- Separate from cells ASAP
- Specimen should be collected between 6-10 a.m.
Stability
Ambient: 8 Hour(s); Refrigerated: 1 Week(s); Frozen: 6 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable
Methodology
- Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA)
Performed
Mon-Fri
Reported
1-3 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 84403
Interpretive Data
Male Reference Ranges
- 0 - 11 year(s) : 0-20 ng/dl
- 11 - 16 year(s) : 0-770 ng/dl
- 16 - 20 year(s) : 100-1070 ng/dl
- 20 - 50 year(s) : 180-917 ng/dl
- 50 - 120 year(s) : 164-886 ng/dl
Female Reference Ranges
- 0 - 11 year(s) : 0-12 ng/dl
- 11 - 16 year(s) : 0-60 ng/dl
- 16 - 20 year(s) : 0-70 ng/dl
- 20 - 50 year(s) : 0-51 ng/dl
- 50 - 120 year(s) : 0-41 ng/dl
Components
- 2179 - TESTOSTERONE
Last Updated: May 8, 2025 @ 9:13 am
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