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St. Luke's Compendium Code (Iatric): L303.1850
Performing Laboratory
St. Lukes Hospital Laboratory
Methodology
Competitive immunoassay using direct chemiluminescent technology.
Specimen Requirements
Do not use samples that have been stored at room temperature for longer than 8 hours.
Tightly cap and refrigerate specimens at 2–8°up to 48 hours.
Draw blood in a serum gel tube(s), preferred. Plasma from a lithium heparin is acceptable.
Spin down and send 1 mL of serum (or plasma) refrigerated, if delayed more than 48 hours, freeze serum in a plastic vial.
Unspun specimens must be transported at ambient temperature and arrive to the laboratory within one hour of draw.
Reference Values
Male: 0.28 - 1.22 ng/mL
Female Follicular Phase: 0.15 - 1.40 ng/mL
Female Luteal Phase: 3.34 - 25.56
Female Mid-luteal Phase: 4.44 - 28.03
Female Postmenopausal: <0.15 - 0.73 ng/mL
Female First Trimester: 11.22 - 90.00 ng/mL
Female Second Trimester: 25.55 - 89.40 ng/mL
Female Third Trimester: 48.40 - 422.50 ng/mL
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Test Classification and CPT Coding
CPT: 84144
LOINC: 2839-9