Alert

Albumin/Creatinine, Urine

Specimen type = Yellow Top Urine Tube

Specimen Type

Includes: urine albumin, urine creatinine, urine alb./creat. ratio

Test ID LAB689
EPIC Order ALBUMIN/CREATININE URINE RATIO
CPT Code(s) 82570, 82043
Group/Individual Test Group
Laboratory Core Laboratory
Tube Station 30
Specimen Routine/Minimum: 1 mL random urine in Yellow Top Urine Tube (No Preservative/Additive) or sterile urine container with no additive.
Stability
Room Temperature: </= 1 day
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 5 months
Availability 24 hrs/day
Turnaround Time Routine: 2 hours, stat; 1 hour
Reference Range Normal: <30 mcg albumin/mg creatinine
Comments  

Reviewed by J. Carr on December 13, 2023

UNC Hospitals
McLendon Clinical Laboratories
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514