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Test Code LAB203 Progesterone, Plasma or Serum

Additional Codes

Test Name in EPIC EPIC Test Code Mnemonic
PROGESTERONE LAB203 PROG

 

Methodology

Chemiluminescent Microparticle Immunoassay (CMIA)

Specimen Requirements

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

 

Preferred:

Specimen Type: Plasma

Container/Tube: Light-green top (lithium heparin)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL

Additional Information: 

 

1. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles.

2. Label specimen appropriately (plasma).

 Sample will be unacceptable for testing and rejected if not aliquoted within 24 hrs.

Alternate:

Specimen Type: Serum

Container/Tube: Serum gel

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Specimen Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL

Additional Information:

1.  Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles. 

2.  Label specimen appropriately (serum).

Sample will be unacceptable for testing and rejected if not aliquoted within 24 hrs.

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerate 5 days/Ambient 8 hours OK/Frozen OK

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Friday

Performing Laboratory

Minnesota North Dakota
SMDC Clinical Lab (Duluth) Fargo Hospital
St. Joseph's Medical Center (Brainerd)   

Test Classification and CPT Coding

84144

Reference Values

 

Males and Females <12 years: 0-1.5 ng/mL

 

Females:

  Menstruating Females (By day in cycle relative to LH peak)

     Follicular phase (-12 to -4 days): 0.1-1.5 ng/mL

     Luteal phase (+4 to +12 days): 2.5-28 ng/mL

     Mid-luteal phase: 3.8-28 ng/mL

     Postmenopausal Females (untreated): 0-0.7 ng/mL

     Oral contraceptives: 0.1-0.3 ng/mL

 

Pregnant Females:

  First trimester: 9.0-47 ng/mL

  Second trimester: 17-146 ng/mL

  Third trimester: 55-255 ng/mL