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LABORATORY TEST DIRECTORY

Growth Hormone, 30 Minutes

CPT Code(s): 83003
Specimen Required: Patient Preparation:
Collect:Plasma separator tube or serum separator tube. Collect one tube per timed specimen. Also acceptable: Green (sodium or lithium heparin) or lavender (EDTA), or pink (K2EDTA).
Specimen Preparation:Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature. Separate serum or plasma from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. Transfer 1 mL serum or plasma per timed specimen to individual RDL Standard Transport Tubes. (Min: 0.4 mL per timed specimen)
Storage/Transport Temperature:Frozen. Also acceptable: Refrigerated.
Stability:Ambient: 24 hours; Refrigerated: 1 week; Frozen: 2 months
New York DOH Approval Status: This test is New York DOH approved.
Aliases:
  • GHGH testing
  • GHRH
  • Growth Hormone Provocative Test
  • Growth Hormone Stimulationgrowth hormone, Serumh
  • GH
  • Human Growth Hormone
  • Somatotrophic Hormone
  • Somatotropin