Carnitine, Serum

• CPT Code: 82379
• LOINC:
• Specimen Type: Red or SST
• Frequency: Setup: Mon-Fri; analytic time 2 days
• Instructions: 0.5mL serum from red or SST frozen in plastic vial.
• Text: Useful For: Evaluation of patients with a clinical suspicion of a wide range of inborn errors of metabolism, especially organic acidemias and fatty acid oxidation disorders including primary carnitine deficiency. Components: Z4798 Total Carnitine; Z4799 Free Carnitine; Z4800 Acylcarnitine; Z4801 Acylcarnitine/Free Ratio; Z4802 Carnitine Interpretation
• Methodology: Flow Injection Analysis-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (FIA-MS/MS)