Test Code FOLATE Folate, Serum
Methodology
Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay Competition Assay
Performing Laboratory
Decatur Morgan Hospital-Decatur Campus
Specimen Requirements
Draw blood in a plain, red-top tube(s) or a serum gel tube(s). (Plasma is not acceptable.) Spin down and send 0.5 mL (pediatric: 0.2 mL) of serum refrigerated.
Reference Values
9.1-30.9 ng/mL
Test Classification and CPT Coding
82746