Test Code LDLD LDL CHOLESTEROL, DIRECT [LAB102]
Performance
Daily: 24 hours a day
Specimen Requirement
Container/Tube Type:
Green (Lithium Heparin)
Lime Green (Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)
Red (No Additive)
SST (Serum Separator)
Preferred Collection Container:
Green (Lithium Heparin)
Light Green (Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)
Transport Information:
3.0 mL blood/1.0 mL serum/plasma
Minimum Sample Volume:
1.5 mL blood/0.5 mL serum/plasma
Remarks:
Patient must be fasting
Specimen Stability
Refrigerated Stability:
5 days
Frozen Stability:
6 weeks
Ambient Stability:
8 hours
CPT Code Information
83721
Alias
Beta Quantification LDL, Cholesterol in Low-Density Lipoproteins (LDL), Cholesterol, DLD (Low-Density Lipoprotein), Direct LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein), LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) Cholesterol, LDL Cholesterol (LDLC), LDL Cholesterol (order if only LDL indicated), LDL Direct, Low (Low-Density Lipoprotein) Direct, Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL), Soft-LDLD, Beta Quant LDL, Abetalipoproteinemia, Hypolipoproteinemia, Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), Type III hyperlipoproteinemia/dysbetalipoproteinemia