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EPIC NAME: CHOLESTEROL, TOTAL EPIC CODE: LAB60
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Performing Laboratory
Saint Francis Medical Center-Chemistry
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: Plasma
Container/Tube: Lavender-top (EDTA) tube or mint green-top (lithium heparin gel) tube
Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL
NICU Min. Volume: 250 Micro Liters
Collection Instructions: Overnight (8 hours) fast
Specimen Transport Temperature
Refrigerated 7 days/Ambient 7 days
Reference Values
<200 mg/dL (8 hour fast)
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Test Classification and CPT Coding
82465
Methodology
Enzymatic