Post-Dexamethasone

Specimen:

Collect

  • One SST

Submit

  • 1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum in Standard Transport Tube. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling

  • 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
  • Reference range is applicable only to samples collected at 8:00am following administration of 1 mg dexamethasone at midnight.

Stability

Ambient: 1 Day(s); Refrigerated: 4 Day(s); Frozen: 1 Year(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology

  • Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA)

Performed

Mon-Fri

Reported

1-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes

  • 82533

Components

  • 2886 - POST-DEXAMETHASONE
Last Updated: December 17, 2025 @ 10:13 am

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