Test Code LIPR Lipid Profile
Specimen Required
Lithium Heparin Plasma Separator Tube (GREEN) or
Serum Separator Tube SST (YELLOW)
CPT Code
80061
Included Assays
Testing includes those assays listed below as well as LDL Cholesterol.
Specimens with a triglyceride value greater than 400 mg/dL will not have the LDL calculated because the result would be unreliable.
* Friedewald formula: LDL= Chol - (Trig/5 + HDL)