Progesterone PROG
Method(s) | LOCI | ||||||||||||
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Specimen Required | |||||||||||||
Collect | One 5 mL gold (SST) top tube. | ||||||||||||
Transport | 1 mL serum at 2-8ºC. |
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Stability | Ambient: 1 day; Refrigerated: 3 days; Frozen: 4 months |
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Schedule | Daily, except Sundays | ||||||||||||
Billing Code | 1010092 | ||||||||||||
CPTCode | 84144 | ||||||||||||
Notes | Assay is subject to cross reactivity to DHEA-S. For patients taking DHEA supplements, please specify "progesterone by LCMS" (routine) or "progesterone by alternate immunoassay" (stat requests). Results of this test may be falsely elevated in patients taking over-the-counter biotin supplements. |
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