ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory
| 0092354: Drugs of Abuse Confirmation/Quantitation - Opiates - Serum or Plasma |
| Test Mnemonic: OPIS SP | |
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Methodology: Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Performed: Sun-Sat Reported: 1-4 days |
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Collect: Two 7 mL gray (sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate). Also acceptable: plain red, green (sodium heparin), lavender (EDTA), or pink (K2EDTA).
Transport: 4 mL serum or plasma at 2-8°C. (Min: 2.5 mL) Submit specimen in an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. Pediatric Collection/Transport: 1.5 mL serum or plasma at 2-8°C. Remarks: Remove serum from cells ASAP. Avoid use of serum separator tubes and gels. Unacceptable Conditions: Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Serum separator tubes and plasma or whole blood from lt. blue tubes (sodium citrate). Stability: After separation from cells: Ambient: 1 week; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 3 years |
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Drugs Covered: codeine, dihydrocodeine, morphine, 6-acetylmorphine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone and oxymorphone. Positive cutoff: 2 ng/mL For medical purposes only; not valid for forensic use. |
| CPT Code(s): | |
| 83925 |