Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate
Label Mnemonic: PYR5CSF
Epic code: LAB5828
Downtime form: A-1a Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery
Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
Specimen(s):
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
Specimen Instructions:
Collect in: CSF in 5 tube Neurochemistry Collection Kit. Total volume of CSF is 4.5 mL.

Call Specimen Control at 356-3527 or Commercial Mailouts at 356-8593 for collection kits.

CSF should be collected directly from the tap needle: Collect from the first drop into the containers in the order indicated. Fill each tube to the marked line (0.5 milliliters in tube #1 and 1.0 milliliter in tube 2, 3, 4 & 5).

Attach patient identifier to collection kit bag. Place on ice and deliver to laboratory immediately.
Collection Medium:
5-Tube CSF Collection Kit
Minimum:
4.5 mL CSF in the 5 tube Neurochemistry collection kit
Delivery Instructions:
Keep on ice and deliver to laboratory immediately.
Turn Around Time:
2 weeks upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
0-2.5 years   30-80 nM
0.25-1 year   23-64 nM
1-4 years     18-50 nM
4-18 years    10-37 nM
Interpretive Data:
Marker for pyridox(am)in phosphate oxidase deficiency.
Comments:
This collection kit can also be shared with NEUROTRANSMITTER METABOLITES (LAB5825), 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE - CSF (LAB5823), NEOPTERIN ON CSF (LAB5824), SUCCINYLADENOSINE ON CSF (LAB5827) and TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN & NEOPTERIN (LAB5826).

Please print, complete and submit to the lab, the Neurochemistry and Metabolic Test Request Form from MNG Laboratories, with the specimen.
CPT Code:
84207
 
See Additional Information:
Specimens Requiring Immediate Delivery