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CLONAZEPAM |
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ORDERING INFORMATION: |
Geisinger Epic Procedure Code: LAB2028 Geisinger Epic ID: 14880 | |
SPECIMEN COLLECTION |
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Specimen type: |
Serum (preferred) or plasma | |
Preferred collection container: |
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Alternate Collection Container: |
4 mL green/green-top (sodium heparin) tube
3 mL lavender-top (K2 EDTA) tube
3 mL green/black top lithium heparin tube
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Specimen required: |
2 mL aliquot of serum or plasma; minimum 1.2 mL. Please submit a separate frozen aliquot for this test. It may not be combined with any other test requiring a frozen aliquot. | |
Special notes: |
Do not use serum separator tube. | |
| SPECIMEN PROCESSING |
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Specimen processing instructions: |
Allow serum to clot. Centrifuge serum or plasma 10 minutes at 3000 rpm. Aliquot 2 mL serum or plasma. | |
Transport temperature: |
Frozen. | |
Specimen stability: |
Room Temperature: 1 day. Refrigerated: 3 days. Frozen (preferred): 2 weeks. | |
Rejection criteria: |
Serum separator tubes not acceptable. | |
TEST DETAILS |
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Reference interval: |
30-60 ng/mL Detection limit 5 ng/mL |
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Critical values/courtesy alerts: |
Toxic >70 ng/mL. | |
CPT code(s): |
80346 | |
| Note: The billing party has sole responsibility for CPT coding. Any questions regarding coding should be directed to the payer being billed. The CPT codes provided by GML are based on AMA guidelines and are for informational purposes only. | ||
Test includes: |
Clonazepam (Klonopin). | |
Methodology: |
Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) |
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Synonyms: |
KLONOPIN, CLONOPIN, RIVOTRIL, CLONAZ Quest test code 340
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