ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH)
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

   ACTH

MGH LIS Test No

   716

Schedule

   Sunday - Thursday

Testing Time

   2 Days

Testing Lab

   Warde Medical Laboratories

QORR Test Code

   ACTH

Specimen Info

Type

   1 Lavender Top  

Volume

   1.0 mL

Temperature

   Frozen

Preservative

    

Collection Info

   1 Lavender Top/1.0 mL frozen EDTA plasma (0.5 mL minimum). 
Collect sample in an iced EDTA tube. Separate and freeze plasma
immediately. Critical Frozen.
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Chemiluminescence

Clinical Utilities

CPT Codes
82024

Reference Range
<46 pg/mL

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments

 

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