91183 Porphyrins, Fecal

Specimen:

Collect:

Random Stool

Submit:

5 gm (Min:1 gm) Random Stool in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Frozen.

Special Handling:

Critical Frozen
Protect from Light

Rejection Criteria:

Specimen not protected from light
Timed collections (24-72 hour).
Liquid stool.

Stability:

Ambient: Unacceptable; Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: 3 Week(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Performed:

Tuesday, Saturday

Reported:

3-8 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

84126 - Porphyrins, Feces, Quant

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

93024 - INTERPRETATION	93386 - PROTOPORPHYRIN
93387 - COPROPOROHYRIN