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


Pancreatic Elastase
Order Code: PANELAST
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req
  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen
Fecal
Collection Medium:
Feces specimen, random stool container
Minimum:
1 gram formed stool
Rejection Criteria:
Sample cannot be ambient temperature for more than 4 hours.
Delivery Instructions:
Deliver to laboratory within 1 hour of collection.
Analytic Time:
1 week
Reference Range:
Reference Interval:
Normal:                                              201-500 mcg/g
Moderate to mild exocrine pancreatic insufficiency:  100-200 mcg/g
Severe exocrine pancreatic insufficiency:            99 mcg/g or less
Methodology:
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
CPT Code:
83520

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Updated: 05/23/2007

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