Test Code 24H UR PROT Protein, Total, 24 Hour, Urine
Methodology
Pyrogallol Red Molybdate Complex
Performing Laboratory
Decatur Morgan Hospital-Decatur Campus/Parkway Campus
Specimen Requirements
Submit an entire 24-hour urine collection in a urine container.
No preservative. Refrigerate specimen during collection, and send
specimen refrigerated. Although a 24-hour specimen is recommended,
if a random specimen is sent it will be tested.
Note: 1. Starting and ending times
of collection are required on request form for
processing.
2. Follow instructions in “Urine
Collection—Decatur” in “Special
Instructions.”
Reference Values
28-141 mg/24 hours
Test Classification and CPT Coding
81050 - urine timed measurement
84156 - protein, total