Calculi (Stone) Analysis
Order Code: STONE
Epic Lab Code: LAB4094
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Calculi specimen (air dried)
Collection Medium:
Miscellaneous container; contact laboratory
Rejection Criteria:
Any collection or shipping container with a needle attached.
Analytic Time:
5 working days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
By Report
Interpretive Data:
Calculi are the products of physiological processes that yield crystalline compounds in a matrix of biological compounds and blood. Matrix components are not reported. The clinically significant crystalline components identified in calculi samples are reported.
Comments:
Calculi specimens transported in liquid or contaminated with blood require special handling which will delay analysis. Samples that are wrapped in tape or embedded in wax will delay or prevent analysis and should not be submitted.
Methodology:
Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)/Polarizing Microscopy
CPT Code:
82365