Oxycodone and metabolite, serum or plasma-1443

Test info

  
Oxycodone and metabolite, serum or plasma
  
1443
  
LAB1443
  
OXYS
  
Oxycodone
Oxycontin
Oxymorphone
Percocet
Percodan
  
  • Oxycodone
  • Oxymorphone
  

Therapeutic drug management

Specimen

  
Serum
  
  
10 mL
  
3 mL
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Serum/plasma transfer vial/tube (MedTox), labelled as serum
  
  
Heparin plasma
  

Dk green heparin (Li or Na), no gel

 

 

  

Immediately following collection, mix sample by inverting 5 - 10 times to prevent clotting.

  
  1. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  2. Transfer plasma to a Serum/plasma transfer vial/tube (MedTox), labelled as the appropriate plasma type
  

Refrigerated (preferred)

Ambient (OK) - 3 days

Frozen (OK)

  

Gel-barrier tubes are not recommended

Performance

  
MedTox Laboratories (45002): R-MX
  
Daily
  
5 - 6 days
  

Liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Oxycodone:    10 - 100 ng/mL

Oxymorphone:  1 - 8 ng/mL

Billing

  
G0480
  
Yes
  

Tracking

  
12/20/2005
  
12/28/2023
  
12/28/2023