ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory

0090216: Arsenic, Tissue

Test Mnemonic: ARSENIC T
Methodology: Flame or Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry and/or Inductively Coupled Plasma

Performed: Varies

Reported: Within 7 days

Specimen Required:  
Collect: 1 g tissue.

Transport: 1 g tissue, frozen in a plastic, metal-free container.

Remarks: Ship in a metal-free vial or container. Type of tissue is required on the test request form.

Unacceptable Conditions: Paraffin blocks.

Stability: Ambient: 3 days; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 2 months

Reference Interval:
By report

CPT Code(s):
82175

 

 

 
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