Methylmalonic Acid (MMA) Quantitative, Urine

Specimen:

Collect

  • Timed Urine in Timed Urine Container

Also Acceptable:
  • Random Urine in Sterile Specimen Container

Submit

  • 1 mL (Min:0.3 mL) Timed Urine in Standard Transport Tube. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Also Acceptable:
  • 1 mL (Min:0.3 mL) Random Urine in Standard Transport Tube. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling

  • Keep Specimen Refrigerated During Collection
  • Separate aliquot required for each frozen test ordered
  • State Volume
  • State time.

Rejection Criteria

  • Room temperature specimens.

Stability

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

Methodology

  • Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Performed

Sun-Sat

Reported

2-6 Day(s)

CPT Codes

  • 83921

Interpretive Data

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components

  • 93008 - CREAT, UR PER VOLUME
  • 93009 - CREAT, UR PER DAY
  • 93646 - MMA
  • 93647 - MMA
  • 93894 - MMA INTERP
  • 93518 - HOURS COLLECTED
  • 93388 - URINE VOLUME
Last Updated: February 9, 2026 @ 6:39 pm

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