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Test Code SOFT: BILIT Bilirubin, Total, Plasma

Additional Codes

Ordering Mnemonic
EPIC NAME: BILIRUBIN, TOTAL

 EPIC CODE: LAB50

 

Performing Laboratory

Saint Francis Medical Center-Chemistry

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Plasma

Container/Tube: Mint green-top (lithium heparin gel) tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL

NICU Min. Volume: 250 Micro Liters

Collection Instructions: Protect specimen from light.

Specimen Transport Temperature

7 days at 4-8 C

1 day at 20-25 C

6 months at -20 C

Reference Values

> 5 days: 0.1 - 0.9 mg/dl

<24hrs: 2.0-6.0 mg/dl

<48 hrs 6.0  -8.0 mg/dl

3-5 days: 10.0- 15.0 mg/dl

Critical value (automatic call-back):  20.0 mg/dL

 

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

82247

Methodology

Photometric