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Test Name: LITHOLINK 24-HOUR URINE PANEL
Test Code: 2194575
Alias: LAB2384
CPT Code(s): 82615   84540   82140   82340   82436   82507   82570   83735   83945   83986   84105   84133   84300   84392   84560   81050  
Preferred Specimen:

50 mL aliquot of a well mixed 24-hr urine collection using the LithoLink 24-hr urine collection kit.
Container:

Labcorp LithoLink 24Hr urine collection kit

Please refer to Lab Supply at 630-933-2063 for LithoLink collection kits
Minimum Volume:

40 mL aliquot of 24-hour urine
Collection Instructions:

Follow the collection instructions included with the kit.

Patient preparation: Patients should stop taking Vitamin C (pill form, vitamins and/or supplements) that is greater than 100 mg/day 3 days prior to the start of the collection; Vitamin C occurring in foods and drinks can be ingested as normal.

Patient should start collecting Saturday – Tuesday. 
The collection should end Sunday – Wednesday to maximize stability.

Note: The preservative vial must be opened and the liquid emptied into the collection container at the START of the 24-hour collection. Also, drop the uncapped bottle and cap into the collection container to ensure the entire preservative is added.

Do not refrigerate the sample at any time during or after collection.

Record the total amount of urine in the orange jug at the end of the collection. Write the total volume of the orange jug on the properly labeled green-topped tube. The urine can be poured into the properly labeled green cap vial by either the collecting patient or the drop-off location staff.

Send the properly labeled green cap vial and the completed urine handout form included with the kit to HealthLab.
Transport Temperature:

Room Temperature
Stability:

Room temperature: 4 days or 96 hours from the end of collection

Refrigerated: unacceptable

Frozen: unacceptable
Rejection Criteria:

Past stability (> than 96 hours), under or over collected (<22 hours or >26 hours), incorrect use of the Litholink preservative or the Litholink preservative not detected.
Performing Lab:

Labcorp #911325
Use:

Updated: 1/30/24 SC

The CPT codes included in this publication are in accordance with Current Procedural Terminology, a publication of the American Medical Association. CPT codes are provided here for the convenience of our clients; however, correct coding often varies from one carrier to another, and HealthLab may bill specific carriers using codes other than those shown. Clients who bill for services should verify the code(s) with the applicable payor to confirm that their use is appropriate in each case.
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