Drug Monitoring, Opiates Expanded, Quantitative, Urine

Last Modified: 3/27/2019 2:57:59 PM


Medical Necessity Documentation: Hydrocodone and Metabolite, Urine
Specimen Requirements: 20.0 mL Urine in a Green Clinical Drug Test Collection Cup
Minimum Volume: 5.0 mL Urine
Transport & Storage: Temperature/Stability: 14 days Ambient
14 days Refrigerated (transport)
30 days frozen
Reference Range:
Codeine <50 ng/mL
Hydrocodone <50 ng/mL
Hydromorphone <50 ng/mL
Morphine <50 ng/mL
Norhydrocodone <50 ng/mL
Noroxycodone <50 ng/mL
Oxycodone <50 ng/mL
Oxymorphone <50 ng/mL
 
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).
Custom Panel: No

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

Turn Around Time: 1 to 2 days
Days Performed: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Sites Performed: Quest - Chantilly
PHL Test Code: MSOT
Send Out Test Code: 16298
Included Tests: Codeine; Hydrocodone; Hydromorphone; Morphine; Norhydrocodone; Noroxycodone; Oxycodone; Oxymorphone
CPT Coding: 80361

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