ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory

0092314: Drugs of Abuse Confirmation/Quantitation - Opiates - Meconium

Test Mnemonic: CONFOPI M
Methodology: Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Performed: Sun-Sat

Reported: 1-4 days

Specimen Required:  
Collect: Meconium. All meconium (blackish material) excreted until milk/formula based stool  (yellow-green) appears.

Transport: 1 g per each separate confirmation required (equivalent to a cube 1/2 inch on a side) at 20-25°C. (Min: 0.5 g or 1/4 inch cube)

Stability: Ambient: 1 week; Refrigerated: 3 months; Frozen: 1 year

Interpretive Data:
Drugs Covered: codeine, dihydrocodeine, morphine, 6-acetylmorphine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone and oxymorphone.  
Positive cutoff:
2 ng/g
For medical purposes only; not valid for forensic use.



CPT Code(s):
83925

 

 

 
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