Bilirubin, Total | Cleveland Clinic Laboratories

Bilirubin, Total Print

Test Mnemonic

TBIL

CPT Codes

82247 - QTY (1)

LOINC ^®

1975-2

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	1 day if protected from light
Refrigerated	7 days if protected from light
Frozen	6 months if protected from light

Days Performed

Sun - Sat

Turnaround Time

8 hours

Methodology

Name	Description
Diazo

Reference Range

Bilirubin, Total
Sex	Age From	Age To	Type	Range	Range Unit
~	Months	1 Months		See comment	mg/dL
~	Days	1 Days	Urgent	>15.0	mg/dL
~	1 Days	2 Days	Urgent	>15.0	mg/dL
~	2 Days	5 Days	Urgent	>15.0	mg/dL
~	5 Days	1 Months	Urgent	>15.0	mg/dL
~	Months	1 Months	Urgent	>15.0	mg/dL
~	1 Months	Months	Urgent	>15.0	mg/dL
	Days	30 Days	Normal	Results are flagged as abnormal due to the age-related nature of reference intervals in this patient population. Clinician review of acceptable bilirubin levels and risk categories is recommended using age-related or other pertinent reference information (e.g. Bhutani nomograms).	mg/dL
	31 Days	365 Days	Normal	0.2 - 1.3	mg/dL
	1 Years	17 Years	Normal	0.2 - 1.3	mg/dL
	18 Years	99 Years	Normal	0.2 - 1.3	mg/dL
	Days	30 Days	Urgent	>15.0	mg/dL

Special Info

Protect from light