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Test Code PTHWMN Parathyroid Hormone (PTH), Intact with minerals, Serum

Additional Codes

This panel requires two tube types: one red-top/gold serum and one green-top. See details below.

 

This panel includes

PTH intact

Calcium

Phosphorus

Creatinine

Day(s) Test Performed

Monday - Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

83970   PTH, intact

82565  Creatinine

82310  Calcium

84100  Phosphorus

Methodology

Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay

Colormetric

Specimen

PTH

Draw blood in a plain, red-top tube(s) or a serum-gel tube (s) from a fasting patient (preferred). Hemolyzed specimen is not acceptable. Spin down, separate from clot, and send 1mL of serum frozen in plastic vial.

CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS and CREATININE

Plasma- draw blood in green-top (lithium heparin) tube from a fasting patient (preferred). Hemolyzed or lipemic specimen is not acceptable. Label specimen with patient name (first and last), date of birth, date and time of draw, phlebotomists initials.