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Performing Laboratory
Billings Clinic Laboratory: Chemistry
Useful For
Providing an overall picture of your body's chemical balance and metabolism.
Methodology
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Specimen Requirements
- Draw blood in a green-top (lithium heparin) tube(s).
- Patient must be fasting (12-14 hours preferred) with water only, no tea or coffee, and must not consume any alcohol for 24 hours prior to specimen being drawn.
- Spin down, separate plasma from cells within 2 hours of draw
- Send 1 mL of heparinized plasma refrigerated in plastic vial.
- Avoid exposure of specimen to atmosphere.
- Patient’s age and sex are required on request form for processing.
Storage/Stability
| Specimen Type | Temperature | Time |
| Plasma | Refrigerated | 2 days |
Reject Due To
- Hemolyzed
- Grossly lipemic
- Specimens received frozen
Reference Values
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Day(s) Test Set Up
Daily
Test Classification and CPT Coding
80053 - comprehensive metabolic panel
80061 - lipid panel
82977 - GGT
83540 - iron
83735 - magnesium
84100 - phosphorus
84443 - TSH
84550 - uric acid
Note for Ordering Health-Care Providers: Please exercise judgement when placing orders. You may order individual tests or a less inclusive panel when not all of the tests included in the panel or profile are medically necessary for the individual patient.
LOINC Code Information
| Reporting Name | LOINC Code |
| ALT | 1744-2 |
| Albumin | 61152-5 |
| AST | 1920-8 |
| Bilirubin, Total | 1975-2 |
| Calcium, Total | 17861-6 |
| Carbon Dioxide, Total | 2028-9 |
| Chloride | 2075-0 |
| LDL Cholesterol | 18262-6 |
| Cholesterol, Total | 2093-3 |
| Creatinine | 2160-0 |
| GGT | 2324-2 |
| Glucose | 2345-7 |
| HDL Cholesterol | 2085-9 |
| Iron | 2498-4 |
| Magnesium | 19123-9 |
| Alkaline Phosphatase | 6768-6 |
| Phosphorus | 2777-1 |
| Potassium | 2823-3 |
| Protein, Total | 2885-2 |
| Sodium | 2951-2 |
| TSH | 11579-0 |
| Triglycerides | 2571-8 |
| Urea Nitrogen | 3094-0 |
| Uric Acid | 3084-1 |
Profile/Testing Information
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Profile Information: |
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| Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) | Iron |
| Albumin | |
| Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST/SGOT) | Magnesium |
| Bilirubin, Total | Phosphatase, Alkaline |
| Calcium, Total | Phosphorus |
| Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Total | Potassium |
| Chloride | Protein, Total |
| Cholesterol, LDL (Calculation) | Sodium |
| Cholesterol, Total | Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) |
| Creatinine | Triglycerides |
| Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT) | Urea Nitrogen (BUN) |
| Glucose | Uric Acid |
| HDL Cholesterol | |
Includes Billings Clinic: #4441 “Comprehensive Metabolic Panel” and Billings Clinic: #4115 “Lipid Panel.”