Alkaline Phosphatase

General Information

Lab Name

Alkaline Phosphatase (Total)

Lab Code

ALK

Epic Name

Alkaline Phosphatase (Total)

Interpretation

Method

Spectrophotometric

Reference Range

Units: U/L

Female		Male
Age	Range	Age	Range
0-9y	111-281	0-9y	115-324
10y-11y	132-366	10y-11y	115-324
12y-13y	89-285	12y-13y	119-426
14y-17y	43-226	14y-17y	72-400
18y-24y	26-98	18y-24y	42-136
25y-34y	25-100	25y-34y	35-109
35y-44y	25-112	35y-44y	36-122
45y-54y	34-121	45y-54y	39-139
55y-64y	31-132	55y-64y	37-159
65y-74y	38-172	65y-74y	36-161
75y-	49-199	75y-	52-227

Effective date: 04/02/2015

Ordering & Collection

Specimen Type

Blood

Collection

HMC and UWMC Onsite Locations

Preferred: 4 mL blood in LIME GREEN PST tube
Also Acceptable: 4 mL blood in ORANGE RST, GOLD SST, RED TOP or GREEN TOP tube
Pediatric: 1 Full LIME GREEN MICROTAINER
Unacceptable: GRAY TOP

Offsite Clinic or Other Locations

Preferred: 4 mL blood in GOLD SST tube
Also Acceptable: 4 mL blood in ORANGE RST or LIME GREEN PST, RED TOP or GREEN TOP tube
Pediatric: 1 Full LIME GREEN MICROTAINER
Unacceptable: GRAY TOP

Handling Instructions

Instructions for Outside Clients:

Serum or plasma should be separated from the RBC's within 2 hours. Refrigerate.

Quantity

requested: 1 mL serum/plasma
minimum: 0.5 mL serum/plasma

Processing

Refrigerate serum/plasma
Note: serum or plasma should be separated from the RBC's within 2 hours.

Performance

LIS Dept Code

Chemistry, Automated Panels (CHA)

Performing Location(s)

HMC	Chemistry, Automated 206-520-4600 325 9th Ave, Rm # GWH-47, Seattle, WA 98104-2420
UW-NW	Main Lab 206-668-1344 UW Medical Center – Northwest 1550 N 115th Street, A200 Seattle, WA 98133
UW-MT	Chemistry, Automated 206-520-4600 Clinical Lab, Room NW220, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 NE Pacific street, Seattle, WA 98195
FHCC	Fred Hutch Community Lab, Evergreen Campus 425-441-2640 10240 NE 128th St Kirkland, WA 98034
FHCC	Fred Hutch Alliance Lab 206-606-1088 825 Eastlake Ave, Seattle, WA 98109

Frequency

Daily

Available STAT?

Yes

Billing & Coding

CPT codes

84075

LOINC

6768-6

Interfaced Order Code

UOW3841

Interfaced Result Code