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

Bile Acids, Fractionated and Total
Order Code: BAF
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen
 
Serum
Collection Medium:
Red top tube 


Minimum:


Preferred minimum: 1 mL serum from red top tube
Absolute minimum: 0.2 mL serum from red top tube


Analytic Time:


8 working days


Reference Range:


7 years and older:
Cholic acid (CSA) 0-19 uM
Chenodeoxycholic acid (CDC) 0-3.4 uM
Deoxycholic acid (DCA) 0-2.5 uM
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDC) 0-1.0 uM
Total 0-7.0 uM

Note:  Reference intervals were derived  using samples obtained after 
an overnight fast.


Comments:


Patient should be fasting a minimum of eight hours prior to specimen 
collection.  Overnight fasting preferred.


Methodology:


Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrophotometry


CPT Code:


83789




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Updated: 07/07/2008

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