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Test Code LDLD LDL Cholesterol, Direct

Important Note

Patient must be fasting

Additional Codes

Hospital Ordering Code
LAB102     LDL CHOLESTEROL, DIRECT

Specimen Requirements

Container/Tube Type: 

Green (Lithium Heparin)
Lime Green (Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)
Red (No Additive)
SST (Serum Separator)

 

Preferred Collection Container: 

Green (Lithium Heparin)
Light Green (Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)

 

Also Acceptable Collection Container: 

Plasma from Lavender tubes is acceptable but will not route in the Laboratory Information System (Sunquest).

 

Transport Information: 

3.0 mL blood/1.0 mL serum/plasma

 

Minimum Sample Volume: 

1.5 mL blood/0.5 mL serum/plasma

 

Remarks: 

Patient must be fasting

Performing Laboratory

Pathology Laboratory, UnityPoint Health, Des Moines

CPT

83721

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerated Stability: 

5 days

 

Frozen Stability: 

6 weeks

 

Ambient Stability: 

8 hours

Day(s) Test Set Up

Daily: 24 hours a day

 

Analytical Time: 

1 hour

Alias

Beta Quantification LDL, Cholesterol in Low-Density Lipoproteins (LDL), Cholesterol, DLD (Low-Density Lipoprotein), Direct LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein), LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) Cholesterol, LDL Cholesterol (LDLC), LDL Cholesterol (order if only LDL indicated), LDL Direct, Low (Low-Density Lipoprotein) Direct, Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), Soft-LDLD, Beta Quant LDL, Abetalipoproteinemia, Hypolipoproteinemia, Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), Type III hyperlipoproteinemia/dysbetalipoproteinemia