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


Cocaine Confirmation
Order Code: COCAC
Epic Lab Code: LAB379
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Urine
Collection Medium:
Urine - Random urine container
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum:  5 mL urine with no additives or preservatives
Adult/Pediatric Absolute Minimum:  2.0 mL urine with no additives or 
preservatives
Rejection Criteria:
Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles.
Analytic Time:
5 days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Interpretive Data:
Drugs covered: benzoylecgonine

Positive cutoff: 50 ng/mL
The concentration value must be greater than or equal to the cutoff to 
be reported as positive.

For medical purposes only; not valid for forensic use.
Comments:
Requires presumptively positive result on Drugs of Abuse Screen, Urine 
(see below).
Methodology:
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
CPT Code:
82520
 
See also:
Drugs of Abuse Screen, Urine

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Updated: 11/13/2009

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