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Test Code VPA VALPROIC ACID

Performing Laboratory

Helen Keller Laboratory

Specimen Container:

Green Lithium Heparin Tube

Specimen Requirements

Preferred: Lithium heparin (light green-top)

Acceptable: Serum from a plain red top tube

Minimum volume: 1 mL (pediatric:  0.2 mL) of plasma or serum.

Reference Intervals:

50 – 100 UG/ML

Day(s) Testing is Performed

Monday-Sunday

CPT Coding:

80164

SPECIMEN STABILITY:

3 days refrigerated