Alkaline Phosphatase | Cleveland Clinic Laboratories

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Test Mnemonic

ALKP

CPT Codes

84075 - QTY (1)

LOINC ^®

6768-6

Performing Laboratory

Cleveland Clinic Laboratories

Specimen Requirements

Volume	Type	Container	Collect Temperature	Transport Temperature	Special Instructions
1 mL	Plasma	Lithium heparin PST (Lt. Green)		Centrifuge and refrigerate.	Submit in original tube or aliquot specimen into CCL aliquot tube

Alternate Specimen Requirements

Volume	Type	Container	Collect Temperature	Transport Temperature	Special Instructions
1 mL	Serum	SST (Gold)		Centrifuge and refrigerate.

Minimum Specimen Requirements

Volume	Type	Container	Collect Temperature	Transport Temperature	Special Instructions
0.4 mL

Stability

Environmental Condition	Description
Ambient	7 days
Refrigerated	7 days
Frozen	2 months

Days Performed

Sun - Sat

Turnaround Time

8 hours

Methodology

Name	Description
Enzymatic

Reference Range

Alkaline Phosphatase
Sex	Age From	Age To	Type	Range	Range Unit
	Days	14 Days	Normal	83 - 248	U/L
	15 Days	364 Days	Normal	122 - 469	U/L
	1 Years	9 Years	Normal	142 - 335	U/L
	10 Years	12 Years	Normal	129 - 417	U/L
Male	13 Years	14 Years	Normal	116 - 468	U/L
Male	15 Years	16 Years	Normal	82 - 331	U/L
Male	17 Years	18 Years	Normal	55 - 149	U/L
Male	19 Years	99 Years	Normal	38 - 113	U/L
Female	13 Years	14 Years	Normal	57 - 254	U/L
Female	15 Years	16 Years	Normal	50 - 117	U/L
Female	17 Years	18 Years	Normal	45 - 87	U/L
Female	19 Years	99 Years	Normal	34 - 123	U/L

Clinical Info

A pediatric reference range table will be appended to all pediatric results.