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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)