9573 Meconium Analysis

Specimen:

Collect:

Random Stool

Submit:

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

Special Handling:

First or second bowel movement from newborn. Use MedTox collection kit and complete Medtox Chain of Custody form.

Stability:

Ambient: 3 Day(s); Refrigerated: 14 Day(s); Frozen: 1 Month(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Chromatography; Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GCMS); Immunoassay

Performed:

Mon-Fri

Reported:

5-10 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

80101x5

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components: