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Test Code FCHOL Cholesterol, Body Fluid

Important Note

Body fluid MUST be in 

Green No Gel (Lithium Heparin) or Sterile Container

Additional Codes

Epic EAP
LAB376 Cholesterol, Body Fluid 

Specimen Requirements

Container/Tube Type: 

Green No Gel (Lithium Heparin)
Sterile Container

 

Collection Information: 

Body fluid in a sterile container or green top (heparin) tube.

 

Transport Information: 

1.0 mL fluid

Stability

Refrigerated Stability: 

7 days

 

Frozen Stability: 

3 months

 

Ambient Stability: 

7 days

CPT

84311

Performing Laboratory

Pathology Laboratory, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines

Methodology

Spectrophotometric

Alias

Cholesterol, Body Fluids, Cholesterol, Total, Body Fluids, Pseudochylous effusion, Chylothorax Analysis, Abnormal Body Fluid, Chylothorax Lipid Analysis, Abnormal Body Fluid, Fat, Body Fluids

Performance

Daily: 24 hours a day

 

Analytical Time: 

2 hours

 

Testing Laboratory: 

Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Pathology Laboratory

 

Laboratory Section: 

Core Laboratory