Test Mnemonic
CA
CPT Codes
LOINC ®
17861-6
Performing Laboratory
Cleveland Clinic Laboratories
Specimen Requirements
| Volume |
Type |
Container |
Collect Temperature |
Transport Temperature |
Special Instructions |
| 1 mL | Plasma | Lithium heparin PST (Lt. Green) | | Centrifuge and refrigerate. | Submit in original tube or aliquot specimen into CCL aliquot tube |
Alternate Specimen Requirements
| Volume |
Type |
Container |
Collect Temperature |
Transport Temperature |
Special Instructions |
| 1 mL | Serum | SST (Gold) | | Centrifuge and aliquot. | |
Minimum Specimen Requirements
| Volume |
Type |
Container |
Collect Temperature |
Transport Temperature |
Special Instructions |
| 0.4 mL | | | | | |
Stability
| Environmental Condition |
Description |
| Ambient | 7 days |
| Refrigerated | 3 weeks |
| Frozen | 8 months |
Days Performed
Sun - Sat
Turnaround Time
8 hours
Methodology
| Name |
Description |
| NM-BAPTA | |
Reference Range
| Calcium, Total |
| Sex |
Age From |
Age To |
Type |
Range |
Range Unit |
| | 18 Years | 99 Years | Normal | 8.5 - 10.2 | mg/dL |
| 13 Years | 17 Years | Normal | 8.4 - 10.2 | mg/dL |
| 3 Years | 12 Years | Normal | 8.8 - 10.8 | mg/dL |
| 1 Years | 2 Years | Normal | 9.0 - 11.0 | mg/dL |
| 11 Days | 364 Days | Normal | 9.0 - 11.0 | mg/dL |
| Days | 10 Days | Normal | 7.6 - 10.4 | mg/dL |
| Days | 30 Days | Urgent | < 7.0 or > 14.0 | mg/dL |
| 1 Years | 99 Years | Urgent | < 6.0 or >14.0 | mg/dL |
| 31 Days | 364 Days | Urgent | < 6.0 or > 14.0 | mg/dL |
~ | 3 Years | 13 Years | Urgent | <6.0 or >14.0 | mg/dL |
~ | 18 Years | Years | Urgent | <6.0 or >14.0 | mg/dL |
~ | 13 Years | 18 Years | Urgent | <6.0 or >14.0 | mg/dL |
~ | 3 Years | Years | Urgent | <6.0 or >12.0 | mg/dL |
~ | 1 Months | 3 Years | Urgent | <6.0 or >14.0 | mg/dL |
~ | 1 Months | 1 Years | Urgent | <6.0 or >12.0 | mg/dL |
~ | Months | 1 Months | Urgent | <6.0 or >12.0 | mg/dL |
~ | | | Urgent | <=6.0 or >=12.0 | mg/dL |
~ | | | Urgent | <6.0 or >14.0 | mg/dL |
~ | 1 Years | 3 Years | Urgent | <6.0 or >12.0 | mg/dL |
~ | 11 Days | 1 Months | Urgent | <7.0 or >14.0 | mg/dL |
~ | Days | 11 Days | Urgent | <7.0 or >14.0 | mg/dL |
~ | | | Critical | <6.0 or >14.0 | mg/dL |
