Specimen

Calculi specimen (air dried)

Collection Medium:

Analytic Time:

5 working days

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.  
The clinically significant crystalline components identified in calculi 
samples are documented on the sample report.  Matrix components are not 
reported.

Comments:

Calculi transported in liquid (saline or formalin), wrapped in tape 
(adhesive tape), or embedded in wax, may delay or prevent analysis and 
should not be submitted.

Calculi samples that are transported in liquid and received wet or 
bloody will be dried for 48-72 hours prior to analysis.

Methodology:

Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)/Polarizing 
Microscopy

CPT Code:

82365