Alert

Sedimentation Rate

Tube Type
Test ID LAB547
EPIC Order SEDIMENTATION RATE, AUTOMATED
CPT Code(s) 85651
Group/Individual Test Individual
Laboratory Core Laboratory
Tube Station 30 Routine: 888 STAT
Specimen Routine: 3 mL blood/lavender EDTA Tube; See Comments
Stability Room Temperature:  4 hrs
  Refrigerated: 24 hrs
  Frozen: NO
Availability Routine: 24 hrs/day
STAT: YES
Turnaround Time Routine: 4 hrs.
  STAT: 1.5 hrs
Reference Range Normal:
Reference Ranges: Sedimentation Rate
Age Range: Male
(mm/hr)		 Range: Female
(mm/hr)		 Unspecified
(mm/hr) 
>1 month - 18 years 0-13 0-13 0-13
NOTE: The >1 m - 18 y range will report with the comment "Use reference ranges of 0-15 for males / 0-20 for females if adolescent has entered puberty."
18 - 50 years 0-15 0-20
>50 yr 0-20 0-30 0-20

Reviewed by J. Carr on November 25, 2025

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