Sign in →

Test Code SOFT: IRON Iron, Total, Plasma

Additional Codes

Ordering Mnemonic

EPIC NAME: IRON-SERUM

EPIC CODE; LAB20409

 

 

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

Collection Instructions: Draw blood before 10 a.m. due to diurnal variation.

Stability: 21 days (R)

                 7 days (A)

Reference Values

Males: 45-160 µg/dL

Females: 30-160 µg/dL

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

83540

Methodology

Photometric