Ordering Recommendation
Mnemonic
Methodology
Qualitative Extraction/Scanning Spectrofluorometry/Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Performed
Varies
Reported
5-8 days
New York DOH Approval Status
Specimen Required
Patient should abstain from alcohol for 24 hours prior to collection.
Green (sodium heparin). Also acceptable: lavender (EDTA).
Protect from light. Transfer 3 mL plasma to an ARUP Amber Transport Tube and freeze immediately. (Min: 1 mL)
Test is not performed at ARUP; separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.
CRITICAL FROZEN.
Separator tubes. Specimens not protected from light.
Include a current list of patient medications.
Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 2 weeks
Reference Interval
By Report
Interpretive Data
N/A
Performed by non-ARUP Laboratory
Note
If total porphyrins are greater than 1.0 mcg/dL then fractionation will be performed. Additional charges apply.
Hotline History
CPT Codes
84311; if reflexed, add 82542
Components
Component Test Code* | Component Chart Name | LOINC |
---|---|---|
0092011 | Porphyrins Total, Plasma | 2815-9 |
2006594 | Porphyins Total - Review | 59465-5 |
2006595 | Porphyrins Total - Interpretation | 50595-8 |
Aliases
- Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria (CEP)
- Coproporphyrin, EPP
- Erythropoietic Protophyria (EPP)
- Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT)
- Protoporphyrin, Uroporphyrin
- Variegate Porphyria
- X-linked Dominant Protoporphyria (XLDPP or XDP)
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