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Test Code PROG Progesterone Level

EHR Test Codes

  Test Code Test Name
Atlas PROG Progesterone
Cerner   Progesterone Level

Specimen Requirements

Preparation of Patient: 

None

 

Container Type: 

Gold Top 6mL SST Gel & Clot Activator Tube

Specimen Type:

Serum

 

Specimen Volume: 

2.5 mL Serum minimum .5 mL

 

Specimen Handling/Transport:

Separate serum from cells within 2 hours of collection.

Transport ambient room temperature.

 

Specimen Stability/Storage:

2 days refrigerated 2-8°C

>2 days frozen -20°C

 

Specimen Rejection:

Performing Laboratory

Munson Medical Center Laboratories

Chemistry Department

Priority, Frequency, & Turnaround

Priority:

Non-Emergent

 

Frequency:

24 hours 7 days a week

 

Turnaround:

0 - 1 days

Methodology

Chemiluminescence Immunoassay

Reporting

Reference Range:

Follicular phase: ≤0.89 ng/mL
Ovulation: ≤12 ng/mL
Luteal phase: 1.8-24 ng/mL
Postmenopausal: <0.20 ng/mL

Pregnancy
1st Trimester: 11-44 ng/mL
2nd Trimester: 25-83 ng/mL
3rd Trimester: 58-214 ng/mL

Adult Male: <1.3 ng/mL
 

Critical Decision:

None

Clinical Significance

Progesterone is a steroid hormone that is formed mainly in the cells of the corpus luteum and during pregnancy in the placenta. The progesterone concentration correlates with the development and regression of the corpus luteum. Progesterone is low in the follicular phase of the female cycle and rises one day prior to ovulation. Progesterone synthesis increases during the luteal phase. Progesterone brings about the conversion of the uterine mucosa into a tissue rich in glands in order to prepare for the intrauterine implantation of the fertilized ovum. During pregnancy, progesterone, inhibits the contraction of the myometrium. In the mammary gland progesterone (together with estrogens) promotes the profliferation and secretion disposition of the alveoli.

 

The determination of progesterone is utilized in fertility diagnosis for the detection of ovulation and assessment of the luteal phase.

CPT Code(s)

84144