CREATININE CLEARANCE, URINE


METHODOLOGY
Spectrophotometric

PERFORMED
Mon-Fri

REPORTED
Same day

COLLECT
24 hour urine specimen and 6 mL SST. Urine must be refrigerated during collection. Mix entire 24 hour urine specimen. Remove 5 mL aliquot from well-mixed specimen. Record total volume, date, time collection started and time collection finished on test request form.

TRANSPORT
5 mL refrigerated urine. (Min: 1.0 mL) and 1 mL refrigerated serum (Min: 0.3 mL)

STABILITY
N/A

UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS
N/A

REMARKS
Height and weight of patient is required. Serum Creatinine is necessary to calculate clearance.

REFERENCE RANGE
75 - 125 mL/min

INTERPRETIVE DATA
N/A

CPT CODE(S)
82575

BILLING INFORMATION


ICD-9 (Dx) CODE INFORMATION


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