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Calcium, Urine Random

Message
Performing Lab: Regions, Central Lab


Test Code
0599


Alias/See Also
Sunquest: UCAR


CPT Codes
82340

Preferred Specimen
0.2 mL Random Urine


Minimum Volume
0.1 mL


Instructions
Preserve urine by refrigeration. Preservative not required.
HP Clinics: Collect urine in bar-coded urine transport tube


Transport Container
HP Clinics: Send to lab in bar-codes urine transport tube


Transport Temperature
Refrigerated


Specimen Stability
Room Temperature: 5 days
Refrigerated: 5 weeks
Frozen: 6 months


Methodology
Colorimetric - Arsenazo III

Setup Schedule
Hospital: Daily
Clinics: Monday - Friday


Report Available
Same Day


Reference Range
No reference range established


Clinical Significance
Used for the identification of abnormal physiologic states causing excess or suppressed excretion of calcium, such as hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D abnormality, diseases that destroy bone, prostate cancer, and drug treatment, such as thiazide therapy




The CPT Codes provided in this document are based on AMA guidelines and are for informational purposes only. CPT coding is the sole responsibility of the billing party. Please direct any questions regarding coding to the payor being billed. Any Profile/panel component may be ordered separately. Reflex tests are performed at an additional charge.