- YNICU
Nicotine Metabolite, Urine
Specimen:
Test Code
YNICU
Specimen Name
Nicotine Metabolite, Urine
Collect
Sterile Urine Cup, Random Urine
Submit
4 mL (Min: 1 mL) of random urine in a sterile container, Room Temperature or Refrigerated.
Special Handling
Transfer random urine with no additives or preservatives urine to a standard transport tube or sterile container.
Rejection Criteria
Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles.
Stability
Ambient: 10 days; Refrigerated: 10 days; Frozen: 8 months
Methodology
Quantitative Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Performed
Sunday - Saturday
Reported
2-7 days
CPT Codes
- 80323
Components
Nicotine; Cotinine; 3-OH-Cotinine; Anabasine
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