Benzoic Acid
Label Mnemonic: BENZOIC
Epic code: LAB8015
Downtime form: A-1a Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery
Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
Specimen(s):
Serum
Collection Medium:
Red top tube 5 mL (Clot Activator)
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum: 1.0 mL serum
Absolute Minimum: 0.5 mL serum
Testing Schedule:
Monday - Friday, 0800 - 1700
Turn Around Time:
2 - 3 upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
Concentration < 2.5 mM: Not toxic.
Concentration > 3 mM: Toxicity likely.
Concentration > 6 mM: Possibly severe, life-threatening toxicity.
Comments:
Useful for: Evaluation of benzoic acid toxicity in hyperamonemia and non-ketotic hyperglycinemia.
Methodology:
Stable isotope dilution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS)
CPT Code:
82542