Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Random Urine, Albumin/Creatinine Ratio Build info

Synonyms

  • MICROALBUMIN / CREATININE URINE RATIO
  • MICROALBUMIN
  • MALBRU
  • LAB689

Procedure Name

MICROALBUMIN / CREATININE URINE RATIO

Procedure Master Number

LAB689

Procedure ID

64588

Clinical Info

An important test for identifying early kidney disease in patients with diabetes or other risk factors (eg, hypertension).

Specimen Sources

 Urine, Catheter Urine, Clean Catch

Specimen Types

 Urine

Container

Urine-Yellow Top

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Plastic urine Container or Yellow (no preservative) tube Preferred - "2nd morning urine" is preferred,
Specimen: Full Yellows urine tube or 10 mL from a random urine collection. (3mL min) No preservative.
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Stability: 14 Days Room Temperature
28 Days Refrigerated or Frozen

Specimen Volume

10 mL from a random urine collection. 3mL min) No preservative.

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

14 Days Room Temperature
28 Days Refrigerated or Frozen

Methodology

Immunoturbidmetric

Days Performed

Monday through Sunday, continuously

Performing Laboratory

Northwell Health Laboratories

CPT

82043 - urine, microalbumin
82570 - urine creatinine

PDM

 5302604

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
ALBUMIN, RANDOM URINE ALBUMINUR ALBUMIN UR Urine Albumin
CREATININE, RANDOM URINE CREATU CREATININE U Creatinine, Random Urine
ALBUMIN/CREATININE RATIO ALBCREAT ALB CREAT RATIO Urine Albumin/Creatinine Ratio

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