ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE (ACTH)

Specimen Required
1 Lavender Top/1.0 mL frozen EDTA plasma (0.5 mL minimum). Frozen. Collect sample in an iced EDTA tube. Separate and freeze plasma immediately. Critical Frozen.

Rejection Criteria
Hemolyzed, icteric, and lipemic samples

Methodology
Chemiluminescence

Stability
Room Temperature: Unacceptable: Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 2 weeks

Reference Range
<46 pg/mL

Performed
Monday-Friday

Turnaround Time2 days
Test CodesACTH
10-04300
CPT-4 Code (s)
82024

Warde
Medical
Laboratory