Posted Date
Effective Date
Update Type Specimen collection or handling and/or storage changed
CPT Code 83520
Order Code IGFB3
Referral Laboratory Mayo Medical Laboratories

Effective August 27, 2020, MLabs will change the specimen requirements for Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein [IGFBP-3] (IGFB3) test per Mayo Medical Laboratories. 

 

Current Specimen Requirements - SERUM

Temperature

Time

Frozen (preferred)

14 Days

Refrigerated

24 Hrs

 

New Specimen Requirements - SERUM

Temperature

Time

Frozen (preferred)

14 Days

Ambient

72 Hrs

Refrigerated

72 Hrs