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HelpTest Code AMYL Amylase
Performing Laboratory
| Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Automated Procedures | 304-388-5953 |
| General Hospital Laboratory | 304-388-6244 |
| Women and Children's Hospital Laboratory | 304-388-2385 |
| Teays Valley Hospital Laboratory | 304-757-1770 |
| Plateau Medical Center Laboratory | 304-469-8621 |
| Greenbrier Valley Laboratory | 304-647-6060 |
| Parkersburg Laboratory | 304-865-3679 |
Specimen Requirements
Plasma- Mint Green, Dark Green Lithium Heparin or Serum-SST gold top, red top
Allow SST or red top to completely clot
Spin and physically separate plasma/serum from contact with cells as soon as possible
4 mL of plasma/serum (minimum 2 mL)
Specimen Rejection
- Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
- Quantity not sufficient
- Hemolyzed
Additional Rejections at Greenbrier, Parkersburg Only
- EDTA, Citrate, Fluoride oxalate
- Lipemic
Storage and Stability
| Room temperature 15-25oC | 1 week |
| Refrigerated 2-8oC | 1 month |
Reference Values
| 18 yrs | 24-103 U/L |
| >10-18 yrs | 10-89 U/L |
| >2-10 yrs | 10-105 U/L |
| >1 month-2 yrs | 10-79 U/L |
| 0- 1 month | 10-16 U/L |
Methodology
Memorial, General, Womens, Teays, Plateau- Biochromatic enzymatic assay-CNPG3
Greenbrier, Parkersburg- Reflectance spectrophotometry
Days Test Set Up and Turnaround
Monday through Sunday, Continuously
| AM Collection | Expected by 9AM same day |
| Routine | Expected within 24 hrs |
| Stat | Expected within 1 hr |
| Timed | Expected results are test dependant |
CPT Coding
82150