Drug Monitoring, Pregabalin, Quantitative, with medMATCH, Urine

Overview

  • EPIC Code:
  • LAB3181
  • Soft Test Code:
  • PGABM
  • Send Out Test Code:
  • 39410
Alternate Names
  • Lyrica
  • Prescription Drug Monitoring,Pain Management
Clinical Significance

 Drug Monitoring, Pregabalin, Quantitative, with medMATCH, Urine - 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).


Specimen Collection & Preparation

Client Notes

 Please contact 266-1500 (Option 1) to acquire the appropriate specimen type


Specimen Requirements

20.0 mL Urine in a Green Clinical Drug Test Collection Cup


Transport And Storage

14 days Ambient
14 days Refrigerated
30 days Frozen

Transport Ambient


Collection Instructions

 


Minimum Volume

7.0 mL Urine


Neonatal Volume

Clinical Interpretation

Reference Range:

Pregabalin <1000 ng/mL


Methodology:
  • Mass Spectrometry (MS)
Clinical Significance

 Drug Monitoring, Pregabalin, Quantitative, with medMATCH, Urine - 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).


Production Schedule

Sites Performed
  • Quest - Chantilly
Days Performed
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Departments
  • Sendouts - Clinical
Turn Around Time

4 to 5 days


Coding & Compliance

CDM

00918064


CPT Coding

80366; G0480


Medical Necessity May Apply
Medical Necessity Documentation

G0480 - may need ABN