ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory

0092524: Drugs of Abuse Confirmation/Quantitation - Propoxyphene & Metabolite - Meconium

Test Mnemonic: CONFPPXY M
Methodology: Liquid Chromatography-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 each side) at 20-25°C.  (Min: 0.5 g or 1/4 inch cube)

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

Reference Interval:
By report

Interpretive Data:
Drugs covered: propxyphene & norpropoxyphene (propoxyphene metabolite)
Positive cutoff: 10 ng/g



CPT Code(s):
83925