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Test Code UMA24 Microalbumin /Creatinine 24 Hour Urine

Performing Laboratory

Hunterdon Medical Center

Useful For

Measurement of urinary albumin aids in the diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy, hypertentsion and cardiovascular disease.

Special Instructions

Submit an entire 24 hour urine collection in plastic urine container. 

Refrigerate specimen during collection.

Patient collection instructions available under FORMS on catalog side bar.

 

Note: Starting and ending times of collection are required on container for processing.

Test Includes

Albumin, Urine

Albumin 24 Hour

Creatinine, Urine

Microalbumin Excretion Rate

Microalbumin/Creatinine 24 Hour Ratio

Specimen Requirements

 

Container/Tube Plastic 24 hour urine container
Preservative None

Specimen Type

Urine, 24 hour

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient

Specimen Stability

 

Temperature Time Frame
Refrigerated 2-8°C 7 days
Frozen -20° C 7 days

Day(s) Test Set up

Monday through Sunday

Reference Values

 

Test Female Male
24 Hour Urine Albumin 1.3-19.0 mg/L 1.3-19.0 mg/L
Microalbumin Excretion Rate 1.3-24.9 µg/min 1.3-16.9 µg/min
Microalbumin/Creatinine 24 Hour Ratio 1.3-29.0 µg/mg 1.3-29.0 µg/mg

Methodology

Immunoturbidimetric Assay

CPT Code

82043

Loinc Code

Microalbumin, 24 Hr, Urine: 14956-7

Urine Volume: 19156-6

Creatinine, Urine: 2161-8

Excretion Rate: 14956-7