Blood Work Lab Codes

**2Sox** · 03-03-2013, 08:00 AM

I'd like to know if some of the experienced members can post the codes for blood tests necessary to begin TRT and those codes for monthly maintenance blood tests - Quest, Lab Corp, etc. It would save us new people so much time. And we wouldn't have to wonder if we were getting the right codes as we were looking it up manually. Maybe a good thing to make into a sticky.

**VTX1800** · 03-03-2013, 08:38 AM

I can add a few...
82670-estradiol
83001-gonadotropin FSH
83002-gonadotropin, luteinizing hor

**2Sox** · 03-03-2013, 08:39 AM

Is that Quest?

**Trific** · 03-03-2013, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by VTX1800

I can add a few...
82670-estradiol
83001-gonadotropin FSH
83002-gonadotropin, luteinizing hor

After starting TRT there isn't much sense in spending money testing these since exogenous test will knock them way down:
83001-gonadotropin FSH
83002-gonadotropin, luteinizing hor

**Rusty11** · 03-03-2013, 09:49 AM

I don't do monthly bw, but have used privatemedlabs (labcorp) several times. What are you wanting to test?

**Trific** · 03-03-2013, 10:05 AM

Here's some test items to help build some lists but someone else will have to provide the codes:
• Total Testosterone
• Bioavailable testosterone (aka Free and Loosely Bound)
• Free Testosterone
• SHBG
• DHT (gel users especially pay attention to this)
• Estradiol (specify “sensitive” assay for males)
• LH
• FSH
• Prolactin
• Cortisol
• Thyroid Panel (complete)
• CBC
• Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
• Lipid Panel
• PSA (age dependent)
• IGF-1, IGFBP-3 (if HGH therapy is being considered)
• Vitamin D 25 - hydroxy (added 25 - hydroxy per HRT's suggestion)

FOLLOW-UP LABS:

• Total Testosterone
• Bioavailable Testosterone
• Free Testosterone
• Estradiol (specify “sensitive” assay for males)
• LH
• FSH
• CBC
• Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
• Lipid Profile
• PSA (for those over 40 with family history of prostate CA. >45 all others)
• IGF-1, IGFBP-3 (if GH therapy has been initiated already)

**2Sox** · 03-03-2013, 03:46 PM

Thanks.

**HRTstudent** · 03-03-2013, 05:41 PM

make sure you specify Vitamin D 25-hydroxy

there are a number of Vitamin D tests and an untrained clinician may simply pick at random.

**2Sox** · 03-06-2013, 10:06 AM

I've got some. Quest Diagnostics:

83001 FSH
83002 LH
82670 Estradiol (Sensitive Assay)
84403 Total Testosterone
82040 Bioavailable Testosterone
84402 Free Testosterone
84270 SHBG
80053 CMP (Comprehensive Metabolic Panel)
82651 DHT
84436, 84479, 84443 Thyroid Panel (*Not sure about all the codes here.)
85025 CBC

CAH Panel 6 - Cortisol, Pregnenolone, DHEA, Aldosterone
82533, 84140, 82626, 82088

82306 Vitamin D-25 Hydroxy
80061 Lipid Panel (Profile)
84153 PSA Total
84154 PSA Free