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Test Code GR Glucose, Random, Plasma or Serum

Methodology

Glucose Oxidase

Performing Laboratory

Munson Healthcare Laboratories

Specimen Requirements

Specimen must arrive within 72 hours of draw.

 

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

 

Plasma

Container/Tube: Green-top (heparin) gel tube or grey-top (potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride) tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL of heparinized plasma or potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride plasma
Transport Temperature: Refrigerate
Collection Instructions: Centrifuge within 1 hour of draw. For grey-top (potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride) tube(s), do not centrifuge. Forward promptly.

Note: 1. Medicare frequency limitations exist for this test in addition to diagnosis requirements. Click on link for list of medically necessary diagnoses: http://www.munsonhealthcare.org/medical-necessity . See Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) form in Special Instructions.

2. Indicate plasma.

3. Label specimen appropriately (plasma).


Serum
Container/Tube: Gold-top serum gel tube

Specimen Volume: 0.5 mL of serum
Transport Temperature: Refrigerate
Collection Instructions: Centrifuge within 1 hour of draw. Forward promptly.

Note: 1. Medicare frequency limitations exist for this test in addition to diagnosis requirements. Click on link for list of medically necessary diagnoses: http://www.munsonhealthcare.org/medical-necessity.  See Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) form in Special Instructions.

2. Indicate serum.

3. Label specimen appropriately (serum).

Reference Values

No established reference values

Critical values (automatic call-back):

      for patients up to 21 years old  ≤ 35 mg/dL, ≥ 200 mg/dL 

      for patients 21 years and older  ≤ 50mg/dL, ≥500 mg/dL

50 mg/dL or >/=500 mg/dL

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

82947

Special Instructions