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Iron, Iron-binding Capacity and Percent Saturation
MessageDay(s) Test Set Up: Monday through Friday
Test Code
IIPS
CPT Codes
83540, 83550
Includes
Includes: Iron, Total Iron-binding Capacity; Percent Saturation
Preferred Specimen
2.0 mL of serum
Instructions
Specimen must be drawn in a gold tube. Spin down.
Transport Container
Gold Tube
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Avoid hemolysis
Methodology
Two-Point Rate/Percent Saturation-Calculation
Reference Range
Iron
Males: 49-181 µg/dL
Females: 37-170 µg/dL
Total Iron-binding Capacity
Males: 261-462 µg/dL
Females: 265-497 µg/dL
Percent Saturation
Males 20-50%
Females: 15-50%
Males: 49-181 µg/dL
Females: 37-170 µg/dL
Total Iron-binding Capacity
Males: 261-462 µg/dL
Females: 265-497 µg/dL
Percent Saturation
Males 20-50%
Females: 15-50%
Clinical Significance
Iron is the most impotant of the trace metals. An appreciable number of human diseases are related to iron deficiency or disorders of iron metabolism.
Last Updated: July 13, 2018
