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Protein, Total, Random Urine with Creatinine
Test Code1715
CPT Codes
84156, 82570
Preferred Specimen
10 mL random urine, no preservative collected in a plastic screw-cap container
Minimum Volume
2 mL
Other Acceptable Specimens
Yellow-top, blue fill line urinalysis transport tube
Instructions
Please submit 10 mL of a well-mixed random collection
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 4 days
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen: 30 days
Refrigerated: 5 days
Frozen: 30 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Acidified urine
Methodology
Colorimetric (C) • Spectrophotometry (SP)
Setup Schedule
Night Sets up 6 days a week.
Clinical Significance
Proteinuria is characteristic of renal disease and concentrations may be increased with diabetes, hypertension, nephritic syndrome, and drug nephrotoxicity.
