82235:COENZYME Q10

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82235:COENZYME Q10
Methodology: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Edit Date: 6/11/2010
Performed: Sunday, Thursday
Released: 1-6 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab.
CPT Code: 82491-90
Specimen Collection Details
Collection: One 4 mL green top tube (heparin). Also acceptable: One 5 mL red top tube, 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST), or 4.5 mL light green top tube (PST). Protect from light during collection, storage, and transport. Patient should fast overnight.
Handling: Centrifuge and separate serum or plasma from cells and pour into a plastic vial immediately. Freeze. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Protect from light during collection, storage, and transport.
Stability: 21 days refrigerated or 30 days frozen. Specimen unstable ambient.
Standard Volume: 1 mL serum or plasma.
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL serum or plasma.
Transport: Frozen, on dry ice.
Rejection Criteria: Hemolysis; repeated freeze/thaw cycles.

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