Albumin, 24-Hour Urine without Creatinine
What it measures
- Albumin, 24 Hour UrineLOINC 14956-7
- Albumin, 24 Hour UrineLOINC 14956-7
Specimen
- Specimen
- 5 mL urine aliquot from a well mixed 24-hour urine collection - no preservative
- Minimum volume
- 2 mL
- Also accepted
- Urinalysis transport tube (yellow-top, blue fill line, preservative tube)
- Container
- Plastic urine container
- Temperature
- Room temperature
Specify 24-hour total volume on container and test requisition. Note: Exercise within 24 hours, infection, fever, congestive heart failure, marked hyperglycemia, and marked hypertension may elevate urinary albumin excretion over baseline values.
Turnaround
Set up: Mon-Fri; Report available: 5 days
Billing
CPT 82043