Test Code CRE CREATININE EVAL
Performing Location
Collection Instructions
Collection Container
Gold top or Marble Red top vacutainer or Urine container
Specimen Required/Volume
1.0 mL
Specimen Type
Serum
Turn-Around Guidelines
Upon arrival daily
Reference Values
MALE: 0.7 - 1.3
FEMALE: 0.5 - 1.0
This eGFR value is based on the MDRD calculation and does not consider pateitn weight or height.
This eGFR calculation is only valid in steady state patients between 18 and 70 years of age, and assumes that the patient is not African American in race.
Any result <60 mL/min/1.73M*2 should warrant investigation.
Method
Spectrophotometric
CPT
82565
LOINC
CRE = 2160-0
eGFR = 33914-3