- CRETBF
Creatinine, Body Fluid
Specimen:
Test Code
CRETBF
Specimen Name
Creatinine, Body Fluid
Collect
1 Plain Red Top Tube-no gel or sterile transport tube
Submit
1 mL (Min: 0.5 mL) Serum
Special Handling
Specimen must be completely spun with in one hour of collection. If no gel seperator serum or plasma must be removed from cells and stored in a specimen transport tube.
Rejection Criteria
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Stability
Preferred/Transport Refrigerated 7 days
Methodology
Kinetic Colorimetric Jaffé Method
Performed
Sunday - Saturday
Reported
1-2 days
CPT Codes
- 82570
Components
Includes: Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, Carbon Dioxide, Glucose, Urea Nitrogen, Creatinine, Calcium, Albumin, Total Protein, AST, ALT, Alkaline Phos, Total Bilirubin, GFR Estimation, Anion Gap, A/G Ratio.
Additional Information
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