Specimen:

Urine

Collection Medium:

Minimum:

5 mL urine

Rejection Criteria:

Nonstabilized urine

Specimen
Instructions:

Collect: Single void of urine between midnight and noon.  Immediately 
following collection, add urine to NMP22 Urine Stabilizer Vial.

Submit to Specimen Control (Mailouts) for stabilization of urine to 
occur.  Suggested collection time:  8:00 a.m. to noon

Stabilized specimen should be blue/green in color.

Analytic Time:

7 working days

Reference Range:

0.0-10.0 U/mL

Interpretive Data:

The NMP22 assay is intended as an aid in the management of patients 
with transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary tract (TCC/UT).  It is 
used after surgical treatment to identify patients with residual or 
rapidly recurring TCC/UT.

Values obtained with different assay methods should not be used 
interchangeably.

Methodology:

Enzyme Immunoassay

CPT Code:

86316