Chloride, 24-Hour Urine without Creatinine [11314]

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Test Code

24UCL

Alias/See Also

11314

CPT Codes
82436<br><strong>This test is not available for New York patient testing.</strong>

Includes

CPT code 81050 may be added at an additional charge for volume measurement

Preferred Specimen

10 mL aliquot of a 24-hour urine collected in a no preservative plastic urine container

Minimum Volume

2 mL

Other Acceptable Specimens

Urine preserved with boric acid • Urine preserved with acetic acid • Urinalysis transport tube (yellow-top, blue fill line, preservative tube)

Instructions

Record total volume and collection time on specimen container and test requisition

Transport Temperature

Room temperature

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 14 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 60 days

Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)

Urine preserved with HCl

Methodology
Ion Selective Electrode (ISE)

Setup Schedule

Set up: Daily; Report available: 2 days

Clinical Significance

Urine chloride excretion approximates the dietary intake. The chloride content of most foods parallels that of sodium. An increase in urine chloride may result from water deficient dehydration, diabetic acidosis, Addison's Disease, and salt-losing renal disease. Decreased urine levels are seen in congestive heart failure, severe diaphoresis and in hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis due to prolonged vomiting.

Performing Laboratory

MED FUSION

2501 South State Hwy 121, Suite 1100

Lewisville, TX 75067-8188

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