Patient Preparation

Patient should abstain from alcohol for 24 hours prior to collection.

Collection Container

Collect

Green (sodium or lithium heparin). Also acceptable: lavender (EDTA).

Specimen Preparation

Protect from light. Transfer 3 mL plasma to an ARUP amber transport tube and freeze immediately. (Min: 1 mL)
Test is not performed at ARUP; separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.

Storage/Transport Temperature

CRITICAL FROZEN. Separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 2 weeks

Unacceptable Conditions

Separator tubes. Specimens not protected from light.

Remarks

Include a current list of patient medications.

Notes

If total porphyrins are greater than 1.0 mcg/dL, then fractionation will be performed. Additional charges apply.

Referral Lab

Laboratories.

Reference Interval

By Report

Interpretive Data

N/A

CPT Codes

84311; if reflexed, add 82542

LOINC

  • 2815-9
  • 18771-6
  • 59462-2

ARUP Test Code

2006593
Collection & Processing

Patient Preparation

Patient should abstain from alcohol for 24 hours prior to collection.

Collection Container

Collect

Green (sodium or lithium heparin). Also acceptable: lavender (EDTA).

Specimen Preparation

Protect from light. Transfer 3 mL plasma to an ARUP amber transport tube and freeze immediately. (Min: 1 mL)
Test is not performed at ARUP; separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.

Storage/Transport Temperature

CRITICAL FROZEN. Separate specimens must be submitted when multiple tests are ordered.

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 2 weeks

Unacceptable Conditions

Separator tubes. Specimens not protected from light.

Remarks

Include a current list of patient medications.

Notes

If total porphyrins are greater than 1.0 mcg/dL, then fractionation will be performed. Additional charges apply.

Referral Lab

Laboratories.
CR&P Information
Result Interpretation

Reference Interval

By Report

Interpretive Data

N/A

Testing Updates
Billing Codes

CPT Codes

84311; if reflexed, add 82542

LOINC

  • 2815-9
  • 18771-6
  • 59462-2

ARUP Test Code

2006593

Ordering Information

Cerner Orderable
Porphyrins Profile, Plasma; PorphyrnPl
Penn Chart Orderable
Porphyrins Profile, Plasma; PORPHYPL
Performing Lab
ARUP
Performed
Varies
Reported
3-8 days
Methodology
Qualitative Extraction/Scanning Spectrofluorometry/Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Synonyms
  • Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT)
  • Variegate Porphyria
  • X-linked Dominant Protoporphyria (XLDPP or XDP)
  • Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria (CEP)
  • Coproporphyrin, EPP
  • Erythropoietic Protophyria (EPP)
  • Protoporphyrin, Uroporphyrin

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