Zinc, Serum

Specimen:

Test Code

ZINCS

Specimen Name

Zinc, Serum

Collect

1-Royal Blue (No Additive)

Submit

1 mL (Min: 0.5 mL) Serum Refrigerated

Special Handling

Separate from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Transfer serum to metal free transport tube. Must be in a metal free transport tube.

Rejection Criteria

Patients that have recently had a procedure with involved barium intake are unacceptable.

Stability

Ambient 28 days; Refrigerated 28 days; Frozen 28 days

Methodology

Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Performed

Thursday

Reported

1-8 days

CPT Codes

  • 84630

Components

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