Ordering Recommendation

New York DOH Approval Status

This test is New York state approved.

Specimen Required

Patient Preparation
Collect

Serum separator tube. Also acceptable: Plain red, pink (K2EDTA), plasma separator tube, green (sodium heparin), or green (lithium heparin).

Specimen Preparation

Transfer 1 mL serum or plasma to an ARUP standard transport tube. (Min: 0.3 mL)

Storage/Transport Temperature

Refrigerated. Also acceptable: Frozen.

Unacceptable Conditions

Grossly hemolyzed specimens.

Remarks
Stability

After separation from cells: Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 1 week; Frozen: 6 months

Methodology

Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Performed

Mon, Wed, Fri

Reported

1-8 days

Reference Interval

Test Number
Components
Reference Interval
  11-Deoxycorticosterone, HPLC-MS/MS
Age ng/dL
Premature (26-28 weeks) 20-105
Premature (29-33 weeks) Not Applicable
Premature (34-36 weeks) 28-78
Full Term Newborn Elevated at birth; decreases to 7- 49 ng/dL during first week
1-11 months 7-49
Prepubertal Children Less than or equal to 34
Adults Less than or equal to 19

Interpretive Data



Compliance Category

Laboratory Developed Test (LDT)

Note

Hotline History

N/A

CPT Codes

82633

Components

Component Test Code* Component Chart Name LOINC
2008459 11-Deoxycorticosterone, HPLC-MS/MS 1656-8
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Aliases

11-Deoxycorticosterone Quantitative by HPLC-MS/MS, Serum or Plasma