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Test Code SOFT: FSH Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Plasma

Additional Codes

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EPIC NAME: FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE

EPIC CODE: LAB86

 

 

Performing Laboratory

Saint Francis Medical Center-Chemistry

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Plasma

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

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Stability: 14 days (R) , 6 months (F)

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerated 48 hours

Reference Values

Males

0-12 years:  <3 IU/L

>12 years:  1-13 IU/L

Females

Prepuberty:  <3 IU/L

Follicular:  2-12 IU/L

Midcycle:  4-36 IU/L

Luteal:  1-9 IU/L

Postmenopausal:  30-120 IU/L

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday- Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

83001

Methodology

Electrochemiluminescence