Test Code FSH FOLLICE STIMULATING HORMONE
Performing Laboratory
Helen Keller Laboratory
Specimen Container:
Green top Lithium Heparin Tube
Specimen Requirements
Preferred: Lithium Heparin plasma
Accepted: Serum
Minimum volume: 1 mL (pediatric: 0.2 mL) of
plasma or serum.
Specimen Stability Information
3 days refrigerated
Day(s) Testing is performed
Monday-Sunday
CPT Coding:
83001
REFERENCE VALUE
Male Adult: 1.5-12.4 mIU/mL
Female Adult:
Follicular 12.5-166.0 pg/mL
Midcycle 85.8-498.0 pg/mL
Luteal 43.8-211.0 pg/mL
Postmenopausal <5.0-54.7 pg/mL