# Angiotensin-converting Enzyme (ACE)

> This test measures the amount of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in your blood, a substance often produced by inflammatory cells. It is primarily used to help monitor sarcoidosis, a disorder where clumps of immune cells form in organs like the lungs, to see if the disease is active or responding to treatment.

- Labcorp code: 010116
- Category: [Immune Regulation](https://picardo.health/labs/tests/immune-regulation.md)
- Sample: blood
- Labcorp turnaround: 2–3 days
- Collection: free at a Labcorp location, or $75.00 at home.
- Without a doctor: yes. People order it themselves, with no doctor's visit or referral.
- Price: shown on the review page its order link opens. Opening it orders nothing.
- Order link: https://app.picardo.health/labs/order?tests=010116&ref=assistant

## About ordering

People order for themselves, with no doctor's visit or referral, and results arrive in their Picardo account. Ordering is open to adults 18 and over in the US, except New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Maine. General health information, not medical advice.