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Test Code SOFT: PROG Progesterone

Additional Codes

Ordering Mnemonic

EPIC NAME: PROGESTERONE

EPIC CODE: LAB529

 

Performing Laboratory

Saint Francis Medical Center-Chemistry

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Types: Serum, Plasma

Container Types: Gold, Mint-green

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Transport Temperature

1 day at 20-25 C

5 days at 2-8 C

6 months at -20 C

Reference Values

Males: <1.2 ng/mL

Females

0-23 months: 0.87-3.37 ng/mL

2-9 years: 0.2-0.24 ng/mL

10-17 years: values increase through puberty and adolescence

Premenopausal

Follicular phase: <1.5 ng/mL

Luteal phase: 2-20 ng/mL

Postmenopausal: 0.0-1.1 ng/mL

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

84144

Methodology

Electrochemiluminescence