Opiate screen, serum, quantitative-4999

Test info

  
Opiate screen, serum, quantitative
  
4999
  
LAB4999
  
Opiates,Seru
  
Codeine
Dihydrocodeine
Hydrocodone
Hydromorphone
Morphine
Oxycodone
Oxymorphone
  
  • 6-acetylmorphine
  • Codeine
  • Dihydrocodeine
  • Hydrocodone
  • Hydromorphone
  • Morphine
  • Oxycodone
  • Oxymorphone
  
  • Therapeutic drug management
  • Detect use of opiate class drugs

Specimen

  
Serum
  

Red serum vial/tube - 5 mL

  
10 mL
  
2.0 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
  

Serum/plasma transfer vial/tube (MedTox)

  
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 (45006): R-MX
  
Daily
  
5 - 6 days
  

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

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Codeine:             10 - 100 ng/mL
Morphine:           21 - 65 ng/mL
Hydrocodone:     10 - 100 ng/mL
Hydromorphone:   1 - 30 ng/mL
Dihydrocodeine:  Not established
Oxycodone:        10 - 100 ng/mL
Oxymorphone:      1 - 8 ng/mL

Billing

  
G0480
  
Yes
  

Medical necessity

Tracking

  
08/27/2004
  
12/28/2023
  
12/28/2023