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Fecal Fat, Total, Quantitative
Test CodeAlias/See Also
LAB392
CPT Codes
<p>82710</p>
Preferred Specimen
Patient Preparation: Patient should be on a diet including 100 grams of fat per day for 3 days prior to collection and during collection period.
Specimen Type: Fecal
Collection Container/Type: 1 gallon plastic, leak-proof, screw-cap container
Specimen Volume
Preferred: Entire 72-hour collection
Acceptable: Entire 24- or 48-hour collection. Random specimens are acceptable.
Collection Instructions:
- Send entire collection sample - Use a 1 gallon plastic, leak-proof, screw-cap container (Warehouse item #2614).
- Record total collection time (24, 48, or 72 hours) and weight on test requisition.
- If entire collection is sent to the lab, the lab will verify weight of sample.
- Keep refrigerated during collection.
Additional Information: Do not submit specimen in metal paint cans, as processing poses a safety hazard. Specimens received in paint cans will be rejected.
Patient Preparation
Patient should be on a diet including 100 grams of fat per day for 3 days prior to collection and during collection period.
Minimum Volume
Enire collection
Other Acceptable Specimens
Instructions
Do not submit specimen in metal paint cans, as processing poses a safety hazard. Specimens received in paint cans will be rejected.
Transport Temperature
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 28 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Specimens received in paint cans
Methodology
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
Setup Schedule
Report Available
1-3 days
Limitations
Up to 12 grams of fat may be malabsorbed among patients with diarrhea even when the diarrhea is not attributable to fat malabsorption.
Reference Range
Clinical Significance
Performing Laboratory
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute-San Juan Capistrano, CA
33608 Ortega Highway
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-2042
Last Updated: February 17, 2023