Test ID: FOLAT
CPT code: 82746
LOINC: 2284-8
Specimen Type: SERUM
Frequency: Setup: Sun-Fri; TAT 1-3 days
Instructions: 1.0 mL serum from SST, Refrigerated. Min 0.5 mL.
Text: Useful in detecting deficiency of folate and monitoring therapy with folate; evaluate megaloblastic and macrocytic anemia; evaluate alcoholic patients; evaluate cause of increase in serum homocysteine level.
Methodology: Chemiluminescence Assay