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CYTOPATHOLOGY, URINARY
MessageALL PATHOLOGY SPECIMENS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH A PRINTED COPY OF THE ORDER
Test Code
LAB1230112
CPT Codes
88112
Includes
Cytologic evaluation of thin prep preparations. If requested,reflex testing for fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) when cytology results are atypical or suspicious.
Preferred Specimen
Urine or Urinary Washings: CytoLyt fixative collection cup or sterile cup
Minimum Volume
Urinary Washings: 50 mL specimen
Instructions
Urine specimesn: Do not send first morning specimen or twenty four hour collection specimen. Complete Cytology Request form giving
all pertinent clinical history especially method of collection
all pertinent clinical history especially method of collection
Transport Temperature
Ambient
Specimen Stability
Urine: Fresh specimen will degenerate.Stable if collected in Cytolyt fixative collection cup or add equalvolume of 50% ethyl alcohol.Required for testing: 50 mL
Urinary Washings: Unstable at Room Temperature. Specimen will degenerate if not transported in Cytolyt fixative collection cup
Urinary Washings: Unstable at Room Temperature. Specimen will degenerate if not transported in Cytolyt fixative collection cup
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Urine Specimens: Unlabeled specimen.
Urinary Washings: Unlabeled specimen
Urinary Washings: Unlabeled specimen
Performing Laboratory
West Virginia University Hospital, Inc.
