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Test ID BLOD1095 Coenzyme Q10

Specimen Type/Requirements

Gold top (Serum w/ gel) tube - Serum

 

Send serum in an amber vial or wrap a clear, plastic screw-cap vial in foil. Protect from light.

 

Fasting is not required.  Patients should not take Coenzyme Q10 supplements the morning of the test.  They may take other nutrional supplements prior to testing.

 

Test is not affected by hemolysis or lipemia. 

 

Specimen Volume

 

Preferred Volume   1.0 mL  
Minimum Volume   0.3 mL 

 

Performed Test Frequency

Monday through Friday

Report Available

3 - 5 days

Methodology

Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Performing Lab

Quest Chantilly forwards to Cleveland Heart Lab, Inc.

CPT

82542

Interface Build Information

Result Code Result Code Description 
5901 Coenzyme Q10

 

Stability/Transport

 

Room Temperature    Not acceptable     
Refrigerated    14 days    Preferred for Transport   
Frozen    6 weeks