Test ID: AMBF
Amylase, Body Fluid
Secondary ID
A test code used for billing and in test definitions created prior to November 2011
8371
NY State Approved
Indicates the status of NY State approval and if the test is orderable for NY State clients.
Conditional
Useful For
Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Evaluation of patients suspected of having acute pancreatitis.
If ascites are present, it is occasionally used to demonstrate pancreatic inflammation. If this is true, the level will be at least ten times that of serum.
Method Name
A short description of the method used to perform the test
Substrate Kinetic
Reporting Name
A shorter/abbreviated version of the Published Name for a test; an abbreviated test name
Amylase, BF
Aliases
Lists additional common names for a test, as an aid in searching
Amylase Frac, Body Fluid ORDER 313
Amylase, Macro, Body Fluids ORDER 313
Amylase, Macro, Body Fluids ORDER 313


