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

Opiate Confirmation
Order Code: OPC
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:


3 ml


Analytic Time:


1 week


Reference Range:


Qualitative opiate screen includes:
Drug                     Reporting Limit
 Codeine                    300 ng/ml
 Morphine                   300 ng/ml
 6-acetylmorphine             4 ng/ml


Comments:


Requires presumptive positive on Drug of Abuse Screen, Urine (see 
below).


Methodology:


Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)


CPT Code:


80102


 


See also:
Drugs of Abuse Screen, Urine




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Updated: 05/23/2007

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