- YUHMU
Heavy Metals Screen, Random Urine
Specimen:
Test Code
YUHMU
Specimen Name
Heavy Metals Screen, Random Urine
Collect
Sterile Urine Cup, Random Urine
Submit
6 mLs (Min: 3 mL) Random Urine in a Sterile Container, Refrigerated.
Special Handling
Collect a random urine specimen in a metal free, sterile container. DO NOT collected in a container with a glued cap insert.
Rejection Criteria
Urine collected in metal-based containers. Urine collected or transported in colored containers or caps.
Stability
Refrigerated 7 days; Frozen 7 days
Methodology
triple-quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Performed
Monday - Friday
Reported
3-6 days
CPT Codes
- 82175
- 82300
- 83825
- 83655
- 82570
Components
Arsenic Occupational Exposure; Cadmium Occupational Exposure; Mercury Occupational Exposure; Lead Occupational Exposure; Creatinine; Random, Urine (Not always performed); May Reflex to: Arsenic Speciation, Random, Urine
Additional Information
Detects arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead exposure and toxicity. If arsenic concentration is greater than or equal to 10 mcg/L, then speciation will be performed at an additional charge.
Patient Preparation:
1. For the 48-hour period prior to start of collection, patient should not eat seafood.
2. High concentrations of gadolinium and iodine are known to potentially interfere with most inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry-based metal tests. If either gadolinium- or iodine-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen should not be collected for 96 hours.
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