Test Code SOFT: VITD 25-Hydroxyvitamin D
Additional Codes
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EPIC NAME: 25-HYDOXYVITAMIN D |
EPIC: LAB535
Performing Laboratory
Saint Francis Medical Center-Chemistry
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: Serum, Li- Heparin
Container/Tube: Plain red-top tube or serum gel tube or Lithium heparin gel tube (mint green), EDTA plasma (lavender)
Specimen Volume: 1.0 mL
Specimen Transport Temperature
Refrigerated 4 days
Frozen 14 days
Ambient 8 hours
Reference Values
Normal/Therapeutic Range: <20 ng/ml- vitamin D deficiency
<30 ng/ml-vitamin D insufficiency
>30 ng/ml- perferred level
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Test Classification and CPT Coding
82306
Methodology
Electrochemiluminescence Binding Assay (ECL)