Test ID: Z7473
CPT code: 82985
LOINC: 15069-8
Specimen Type: SST, green (heparin), OR Lav (EDTA)
Frequency: Within 1 day
Instructions: 1 mL Serum or Plasma from SST, green (heparin), OR lav (EDTA), Ambient, Separate within 45 minutes . Min 0.2 mL.
Text: Evaluate diabetic control, reflecting diabetic control over a shorter time period (1-3 weeks) than that of hemoglobin A1c (4-8 weeks). Indicated as an index of longer-term control than glucose levels, especially in diabetic subjects with abnormal hemoglobins & in type 1 diabetes in children. Fructosamine is superior in patients with abnormal hemoglobins.
Methodology: Colorimetric