Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase (DPD)
Order Code: DPD
Epic Lab Code: LAB5818
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Whole Blood
Collection Medium:
and
Lavender top tube 3 mL (EDTA) Lavender top tube 3 mL (EDTA)
Alternate Collection Media:
Yellow top tube (ACD solution A), Light Green top tube (Lithium Heparin), Green top tube 4 mL (Na Heparin)
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum: 5 mL whole blood collected in TW0 3 mL EDTA (lavender-top) tubes.
Absolute Minimum: 3 mL whole blood
Rejection Criteria:
Received frozen.
Delivery Instructions:
Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection period is completed.
Analytic Time:
2 weeks upon receipt at reference laboratory
Methodology:
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Single Nucleotide primer Extension
CPT Code:
83891, 83896 (x2), 83898, 83908