1-5 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab.
CPT Code:
83519-90
Specimen Collection Details
Collection:
One 7.5 mL serum separator tube (SST). Also acceptable: One 4 mL lavender top tube (EDTA) or one 4 mL green top tube (heparin).
Handling:
Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum or plasma from cells. Freeze immediately. If multiple tests are ordered, send separate specimen for this test.
Stability:
After separation, specimen stable 2 hours ambient, 24 hours refrigerated, or 3 months frozen.
Standard Volume:
1 mL serum or plasma.
Minimum Volume:
0.3 mL serum or plasma.
Transport:
Frozen on dry ice.
Rejection Criteria:
Hemolyzed or lipemic specimen.
Reference Range:
Normal
10-57 ng/mL
Expected values for:
Chronic Pancreatitis
≤46.0 ng/mL
Acute Pancreatitis
92.0-850.0 ng/mL
Total Pancreatectomy
≤1.4 ng/mL
Cathodic trypsinogen is the analyte quantified by this method. Results for Trypsin-Like Immunoreactivity should be correlated with clinical presentation and other diagnostic data for the diagnosis of pancreatitis.