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Test Code TTST Testosterone, Total, Mass Spectrometry, Serum

Important Note

Evaluating men with symptoms or signs of possible hypogonadism, such as loss of libido, erectile dysfunction, gynecomastia, osteoporosis, or infertility

Evaluating boys with delayed or precocious puberty

Monitoring testosterone replacement therapy

Monitoring antiandrogen therapy (eg, used in prostate cancer, precocious puberty, treatment of idiopathic hirsutism, male-to-female transgender disorders, etc.)

Evaluating women with hirsutism, virilization, and oligoamenorrhea

Evaluating women with symptoms or signs of possible testosterone deficiency

Evaluating infants with ambiguous genitalia or virilization

Diagnosing androgen-secreting tumors

Test Order Code

LAB124

Methodology

Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Serum
Container/Tube: Red top only
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.6 mL

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerated specimens are good for 14 days.

Frozen specimens are good for 60 days.

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

84403