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Test Code CDT CDT (ALCOHOL USE)  

Important Note

Identify alcohol abuse or abuse relapse. Detect chronic ethanol use (?40 g/day for 2 weeks). For evaluation of patients suspected of having congenital glycosylation disorder, refer to Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin for Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG).
 

Additional Codes

70412

Specimen Type

Blood

Preferred Collection Container

SST

Acceptable Collection Container

SST, R-NoGel
 

Collection Instructions

Routine Venipuncture

Collection Volume

2.0 mL

Minimum Collection Volume

0.5 mL

Testing Volume

0.2 mL

Rejection Criteria

Plasma. Hemolyzed specimens.

Specimen Storage and Stability

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: 10 days; Frozen: 1 month

Day(s) and Time(s) Performed

Thursday

EPIC Code

LAB9035

Transport

Refrigerated

Turn Around Time

2-9 days

Lab Department

Referred Testing

Methodology

Electrophoresis
 

Test Alias

70412; Alcohol consumption bio-marker; Serum Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin, alcohol use
 

CPT Coding

82373

LOINC

48495-6