The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK


Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy
Order Code: VITD25
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req
  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen
Plasma
Collection Medium:
Plasma separator tube
Alternate
Collection Media:
Lavender top tube (EDTA), Light Green top tube (Lithium Heparin), Red 
top tube
Minimum:
Adult Minimum: 1.0 mL plasma
Absolute Pediatric Minimum: 0.3 mL plasma
Analytic Time:
4 working days
Reference Range:
Deficiency:  Less than 20 ng/mL
Insufficiency:  20-29 ng/mL
Optimum Level:  30-80 ng/mL
Possible Toxicity:  Greater than 80 ng/mL
Interpretive Data:
This assay accurately quantifies the sum of vitamin D3, 25-Hydroxy and 
vitamin D2, 25-Hydroxy.  Optimum 25-hydroxy vitamin D concentration is 
35 ng/mL or higher.
Methodology:
Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
CPT Code:
82306

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Updated: 08/19/2008

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