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Test Code LAB86 Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Performing Laboratory

Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center

Specimen Minimum Volume

0.5 mL

Billing Code

2070175

Methodology

Chemiluminescence (CLIA)

Specimen Requirements

Yellow (Gold) top tube (SST)

Lithium Heparin Green top tube

 

Outpatient clients MUST draw SST

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

83001  -  Gonadotropin; follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)

Additional Information

FSH is secreted by the B-cells of the anterior pituitary under the control of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone produced in the hypothalamus.  FSH stimulates the manufacture of steroid hormones from gonadal tissue.  Circulating levels of FSH are controlled by a negative feedback effect on the hypothalamus by steroid hormones.  FSH is elevated in primary gonadal failure, ovarian or testicular agenesis, Klinefelter’s syndrome,
Turner’s syndrome, castration, alcoholism and menopause.  FSH is decreased in anterior pituitary hypofunction, secondary hypogonadism, anorexia nervosa, prostatic cancer, ovaries that secrete estrogens or
androgens, hemochromatosis, sickle cell anemia.

Reasons for Rejection

Hemolysis

Quantity not sufficient (QNS)

Lack of Two Patient Identifiers:

         1-Patient’s First & Last name 

         2-Patient’s Date of Birth

Performing Department

Chemistry

Specimen Transport Temperature and Stability

Centrifuge and refrigerate within 2 hours of collection

Primary tube: Spun SST stable 48 hours at  2° to 8° C

Serum stable 48 hours if aliquoted and refrigerated at 2° to 8° C

Freeze serum if testing is delayed