Drugs of Abuse Confirmation/Quantitation - Opiates
| Order Code: | OPICON |
| Epic Lab Code: | LAB2496 |
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Serum or Plasma
Collection Medium:
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| Pink top tube |
Alternate
Collection Media:
Red top tube
Minimum:
Collect TWO full 6 mL pink K2 EDTA top tubes.
Adult preferred minimum: 4.0 mL serum or plasma
Adult/Pediatric absolute minimum: 2.0 mL serum or plasma
Rejection Criteria:
Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Separator tubes and plasma or whole blood from lt. blue (sodium citrate).
Analytic Time:
5 days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Interpretive Data:
For medical purposes only; not valid for employment drug testing.
Drugs covered: codeine, morphine, 6-acetylmorphine, hydrocodone,
hydromorphone, and oxycodone. Positive cutoff: 2 ng/mL
The absence of expected drug(s) and/or drug metabolite(s) may indicate
non-compliance, inappropriate timing of specimen collection relative to
drug administration, poor drug absorption, or limitations of testing.
The concentration value must be greater than or equal to the cutoff to
be reported as positive.
Methodology:
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry and/or Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
CPT Code:
83925
