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Order Code LAB4576 Renal Panel

Additional Codes

Test Name in EPIC

EPIC Test Code           

Mnemonic

RV RENAL FUNCTION PANEL

LAB4576

RENPR

 

Useful For

  • Aids in diagnosis and management of conditions affecting kidney function
  • General health screening
  • Screening patients at risk of developing kidney disease
  • Management of patients with known kidney disease

Specimen Requirements

Special Note:  Spin down within 1 hour of draw.  Avoid hemolysis. Bicarbonate decreases approximately 4 mmol/L in an uncapped tube after 1 hour.  Label specimen aliquot appropriately as serum or plasma

 

Specimen Type: Plasma or Serum

Collection Container/Tube:

Preferred:  Green-top (lithium heparin) gel tube 

Acceptable:  Plain, red-top tube or SST

Specimen Volume: 2 mL

Pediatric (minimum) volume: 0.5 mL

Methodology

Includes the following analytes:

Albumin *Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR), Estimated
Bicarbonate Glucose
Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Sodium
Calcium **Phosphorus
Chloride Potassium
Creatinine  

 

*Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR), Estimated is calculated on patients between 18 and 85 years old.

CKD-EPI 2021 equation:  GFR = 142 x min (Scr/K, 1)a  x max (Scr/K, 1)-1.200 x 0.9938age x 1.012 (if non-male)

 

** Test may reflex separately to be performed at the Ridgeview Waconia Laboratory

Reference Values

See individual test listings.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Performing Laboratory

Ridgeview Medical Center Laboratory (All analytes)

Two Twelve Medical Center Laboratory (All analytes except Phosphorus)

Ridgeview Sibley Medical Center Laboratory (All analytes except Phosphorus)

Ridgeview Le Sueur Hospital Laboratory (All analytes except Phosphorus)

Test Classification and CPT Coding

80069