Oxcarbazepine or Eslicarbazepine Metabolite (MHD)
Label Mnemonic: | OXCBZ |
Epic code: | LAB484 |
Downtime form: | Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery |
Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
Specimen(s):
Serum
Specimen
Instructions:
Timing of specimen collection: Pre-dose (trough) draw - At steady
state concentration.
Collection Medium:
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Red top tube 5 mL (Clot Activator) |
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum: 1 mL serum
Absolute Minimum: 0.5 mL serum
Absolute Minimum: 0.5 mL serum
Rejection Criteria:
Whole blood. Gel separator tubes, light blue (citrate), or yellow (SPS
or ACD solution).
Delivery Instructions:

Turn Around
Time:
1-5 days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
Therapeutic Range: 3 - 35 μg/mL Toxic: > 40 μg/mL
Interpretive Data:
Assayed as the monohydroxy metabolite (MHD). No critical range has
been established.
Methodology:
Quantitative Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
CPT Code:
80183