Test Code SOFT: PROG Progesterone
Additional Codes
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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