Pain Management, Heroin Metabolite, Quantitative, Urine

Last Modified: 8/18/2021 7:04:37 AM


Medical Necessity Documentation:  
Client Notes:  Please contact 266-1500 (Option 1) to acquire the appropriate specimen type
Patient Preparation:  
Specimen Requirements: 20.0 mL Random Urine in a Green Clinical Drug Test Collection Cup
Collection Instructions:  
Minimum Volume: 5.0 mL Urine
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability: 5 days Ambient (Transport)
7 days Refrigerated
30 days Frozen
Rejection Criteria: Preserved samples
Reference Range:
6-Acetylmorphine <10 ng/mL
Critical Ranges:  
Test Comments:  
Methodology: Mass Spectrometry (MS)
Clinical Significance: The management of patients use of controlled substances is an increasing focus of law enforcement to ensure that prescribed medications arent diverted, and is critical to the successful outcome of many pharmaco-therapies. Urine drug testing for the presence or absence of prescribed medications and illicit drugs is a strategy designed to help the treating physician monitor their patients for compliance with that physicians directive(s).
Documentation:  
Custom Panel: No

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

Turn Around Time: 3 to 4 days
Days Performed: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed: Quest - Chantilly
PHL Test Code: HEROQ
EPIC Test Code: LAB2869
Send Out Test Code: 39394
Alternate Test Names: Drug Monitoring, Heroin Metabolite, Quantitative, ; Heroin Metabolite, Quantitative, Urine
Included Tests: 6-Acetylmorphine
CPT Coding: 80356

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