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FECAL REDUCING SUBSTANCES
Test CodeFRS
CPT Codes
81002
Preferred Specimen
STOOL
Transport Container
URSTRCUP
Transport Temperature
ONE HOUR
Setup Schedule
Set Up:
Report Available:
Report Available:
Reference Range
FECAL REDUCING SUBSTANCES |
Clinical Significance
The presence of reducing substances is useful in the diagnosis of abnormalities in carbohydrate metabolism, i.e., sucrose and lactase. The unabsorbed sugars in stool are measured as reducing substances.
Performing Laboratory
LMH - Microbiology x3758 or 3759