Specimen:

Serum or Plasma

Collection Medium:

Alternate
Collection Media:

Red top tube

Minimum:

Collect TWO full 6 mL pink K2 EDTA top tubes.

Adult preferred minimum: 4.0 mL serum or plasma
Adult/Pediatric absolute minimum: 2.0 mL serum or plasma

Rejection Criteria:

Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles.  Separator tubes and 
plasma or whole blood from lt. blue (sodium citrate).

Analytic Time:

5 days upon receipt at reference laboratory

Interpretive Data:

For medical purposes only; not valid for employment drug testing.  
Drugs covered: codeine, morphine, 6-acetylmorphine, hydrocodone, 
hydromorphone, and oxycodone.  Positive cutoff: 2 ng/mL

The absence of expected drug(s) and/or drug metabolite(s) may indicate 
non-compliance, inappropriate timing of specimen collection relative to 
drug administration, poor drug absorption, or limitations of testing. 
The concentration value must be greater than or equal to the cutoff to 
be reported as positive.

Methodology:

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry and/or Liquid 
Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

CPT Code:

83925