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Test Code Billings Clinic: 4753 Cardiac Risk Panel

Performing Laboratory

Billings Clinic Laboratory: Chemistry

Useful For

Helping to assess a person's chance of having a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack or stroke

Methodology

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Specimen Requirements

  • 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.
  • Patient’s age and sex are required on request form for processing.

 

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

Serum or plasma should be physically separated from cells as soon as possible with a maximum limit of two hours from the time of collection.

 

Plasma

  • Draw blood in a green-top (lithium heparin) tube(s).
  • Spin down and send 2.0 mL of heparinized plasma frozen.

 

Serum

  • Draw blood in a plain, red-top tube(s) or a serum gel tube(s).
  • Spin down and send 2.0 mL of serum frozen

Storage/Stability

Specimen Type Temperature Time
Serum, Plasma Refrigerated 2 days
  Frozen (preferred) 1 month

Reference Values

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Day(s) Test Set Up

Daily

Test Classification and CPT Coding

80061 - Lipid Panel

83090 - Homocysteine

83721 - LDL cholesterol

86141 - C-reactive protein; high sensitivity (hs(CRP)

LOINC Code Information

Reporting Name LOINC Code
hs-CRP 30522-7
Cholesterol, Total 2093-3
HDL Cholesterol 2085-9
Homocysteine 13965-9
LDL Cholesterol 18262-6
Triglycerides 2571-8

 

Profile/Testing Information

Profile Information:
C-Reactive Protein, High Sensitivity (hs-CRP) LDL (Low-Density Lipoprotein) Cholesterol
Cholesterol, Total Triglycerides
HDL Cholesterol Homocysteine, Total

 

Includes Billings Clinic: #4751 “Lipid Panel Plus LDL Measured.”