Lipoprotein (a)
Also known as Lp (a)
What it measures
- Lipoprotein (a)LOINC 43583-4
Specimen
- Specimen
- 1 mL serum
- Minimum volume
- 0.5 mL
- Also accepted
- Plasma collected in: EDTA (lavender-top), EDTA (royal blue-top) or heparin (green-top) tube
- Container
- Serum separator tube (SST)
- Temperature
- Room temperature
Billing
CPT 83695