Bilirubin Panel BILI
| Method(s) | Spectrophotometry | |||||||||||||
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| Components | Total Bilirubin, Conjugated Bilirubin, Unconjugated Bilirubin | |||||||||||||
| Specimen Required | ||||||||||||||
| Collect | One 5 mL gold (SST) top tube. Also acceptable: Lithium heparin plasma. |
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| Transport | 1 mL serum at 2-8ºC. | |||||||||||||
| Stability | Refrigerated: 5 days; Frozen: 3 months |
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| Schedule | Daily-24 hours per day | |||||||||||||
| Billing Code | 1010251 | |||||||||||||
| CPTCode | 82247, 82248 | |||||||||||||
| Notes | Results of total bilirubin may be falsely elevated in patients taking Eltrombopag. | |||||||||||||
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