HCG QUALITATIVE, URINE

Test Code

LAB144

Quest Code

396

CPT Codes
81025

Preferred Specimen

10 mL urine from a first morning voided specimen

Minimum Volume

1 mL

Other Acceptable Specimens

Yellow-top, blue fill-line urinalysis transport tube • Urine collected in a clinical urine drug specimen vial

Transport Container

Transport tube

Transport Temperature

Room temperature

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: Not established

Methodology
Immunoassay (IA)

Setup Schedule

Mon-Sat

Report Available

2 days

Reference Range

Negative

Clinical Significance

This test is specific for hCG beta subunit and offers sensitivity necessary to detect pregnancy as early as ten days post conception.

Performing Laboratory

Quest Diagnostics-Lenexa

10101 Renner Blvd

Lenexa , KS 66219-9752

Last Updated: August 13, 2021

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