- ZINCS
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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Additional Information
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