IRON, 24 HOUR, URINE
Marquette General Health System

General Info

HLAB/HOL Code

  IRONU

MGH LIS Test No

  5734

Schedule

  Monday through Friday

Testing Time

  Same day/3 hours

Testing Lab

  Mayo Labs

QORR Test Code

  I5734

Specimen Info

Type

     

Volume

   

Temperature

  Refrig\Ambient or Frozen OK

Preservative

   

Collection Info

  1. 10 mL from a 24-hour urine collection.
2. Collect in clean, plastic urine container(s) with no metal 
   cap(s) or glued insert(s).
3. Send specimen in a clean, plastic aliquot container with
   no metal cap or glued insert, or 13 mL urine tube.
4. Refrigerate specimen within 4 hours of completion of the 24
   hour collection.  Send specimen refrigerated.
NOTE: 24-HOUR VOLUME IS REQUIRED ON REQUEST FORM FOR PROCESSING.      
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Emission Spectroscopy

Clinical Utilities

CPT Codes
83540

The CPT codes provided are based on AMA guidelines
and are for informational purposes only. CPT coding is the
sole responsibility of the billing party. Please direct any questions
regarding coding to the payer being billed.

Reference Range
100-300 ug/specimen
 
The reference value is for a 24-hour collection.  Specimens
collected for other than a 24-hour time period are reportd in
units of ug/L, for which reference values are not established.      

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments

 

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