The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

Oxcarbazepine Metabolite (Trileptal)
Order Code: OXCBZ
Epic Lab Code: LAB484
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen:
 
Serum or Plasma
Collection Medium:
Red top tube 


Alternate
Collection Media:


Lavender top tube (EDTA), Green top tube (Na Heparin)


Minimum:


1 mL serum or EDTA plasma
Absolute minimum:  0.4 mL


Rejection Criteria:


Gel separator tubes


Analytic Time:


1 week


Reference Range:


Therapeutic Range:  15 - 35 mcg/mL


Test
Limitations:


Assayed as the monohydroxy metabolite (MHD).  No critical range has 
been established.


Methodology:


High Performance Liquid Chromatography


CPT Code:


82491




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Updated: 05/23/2007

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