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EPIC ORDER CODE LAB171 Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), Total and Free

Additional Codes

SQ : PSATF

COLLECTION

SST (Serum Separator) PREFERRED

Red (No Additive)

 

 

Collect blood in a serum separator tube (serum red top tube also acceptable).

 

Sample Volume Requirement: 

Centrifuge and aliquot 1.0 mL of serum into a plastic vial within 3 hours of collection. 

 

Minimum Sample Volume: 

0.75 mL of serum (approximately 1.50 mL of whole blood based upon a normal patient hematocrit)

 

Unacceptable Conditions: 

Gross hemolysis, gross icterus

STABILITY

Refrigerated Stability: 

72 hours

 

Frozen Stability: 

90 days - Preferred

PERFORMING LAB

Performed: 

Monday through Saturday

 

Analytical Time: 

1 to 3 days

 

Testing Laboratory: 

Mayo Medical Laboratories; Rochester, MN

 

Laboratory Section: 

Referral Testing

CPT Code

84153 - PSA, total; 84154 - PSA, free