The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

Cocaine Confirmation
Order Code: COCAC
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen
 
Urine
Collection Medium:
Urine - Random urine container 


Minimum:


Preferred minimum:  10 mL
Absolute minimum:  2 mL


Analytic Time:


1 week


Reference Range:


Cocaine
   Reporting Limit:  150 ng/ml

Benzoylecgonine
   Reporting Limit:  150 ng/ml

Benzoylecgonine is the primary metabolite of cocaine and indicative of 
cocaine use.


Comments:


Requires presumptively positive result on Drugs of Abuse Screen, Urine 
(see below).


Methodology:


Immunoassay (IA)
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)


CPT Code:


80102


 


See also:
Drugs of Abuse Screen, Urine




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Updated: 07/11/2008

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