91247 N-Telopeptide, Urine

Specimen:

Collect:

Timed Urine

Also Acceptable
Random Urine

Submit:

1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Aliquot(s) Timed Urine in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Frozen.

Also Acceptable
1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Random Urine in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Frozen.

Special Handling:

24 HR Urine Collection Preferred
Keep Specimen Refrigerated During Collection
State Collection Time
State Volume
If random urine is submitted - second-morning void preferred
For monitoring therapy, a baseline specimen should be collected prior to initiation of therapy. Subsequent specimens for comparison should be collected at the same time of day as the baseline specimen.

Rejection Criteria:

Specimens contaminated with blood.

Stability:

Ambient: 1 Day(s); Refrigerated: 1 Week(s); Frozen: 12 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Chemiluminescent Immunoassay; Immunoassay

Performed:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Reported:

2-5 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

82523 - Collagen Cross Links

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

93416 - N-TELOPEPTIDE

93008 - CREAT, UR