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Test Code IRN IRON LEVEL,SERUM

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Additional Codes

LAB94

Performing Laboratory

Porter Hospital Laboratory

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Blood
Container/Tube: Tiger top, serum gel
Specimen Volume: Full tube, submit 0.5 mL serum
Specimen Minimum Volume: 0.35mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Send specimen in original tube.
2. If there is a delay in transport of >1 hour, centrifuge tube.
3. Sample must be separated with 2 hours of collection.
4. Centrifuged samples are stable for:
     • 4 days at room temperature
     • 7 days at 2 – 8°C

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Test Classification and CPT Coding

83540

Test Schedule / Analytical Time / Test Priority / Turn Around Time

Daily /  Iron available STAT for Overdose Situations / Routine - 4 Hours

                                                                                      STAT - 60 minutes

Special Instructions

Serum iron concentrations exhibit diurnal variation, with the highest values obtained in the morning. Values may vary by up to 30% during the course of the day.

Normal Reference Values

Female 50-170 mcg/dL; Male 65-175 mcg/dL