URINALYSIS - ROUTINE
Test Code: LAB347
CPT Code: 81003
Alternate IDs
1569/UA
Synonyms
UA
URINE ANALYSIS
URINE ANALYSIS
Specimen Type
URINE
Specimen Container
STERILE CONTAINER, NO PRESERVATIVE
Minimum Volume
1 ML
Specimen Handling
INPATIENT: BRING DIRECTLY TO LABORATORY, WITHOUT DELAY - MUST BE DELIVERED TO LAB WITHIN 1 HOUR OR KEPT REFIRGERATED
CENTRAL PROCESSING: DELIVER TO URINALYSIS AISLE.
OUTPATIENT: SPLIT INTO A YELLOW TOP URINE TUBE AND STORE IN REFRIGERATOR.
IF CSII OR A URINE CULTURE IS ALSO ORDERED: SPLIT URINE SPECIMEN INTO A GREY TOP URINE TUBE AND A YELLOW TOP URINE TUBE WITH A STERILE STRAW AND STORE IN REFRIGERATOR.
CENTRAL PROCESSING: DELIVER TO URINALYSIS AISLE.
OUTPATIENT: SPLIT INTO A YELLOW TOP URINE TUBE AND STORE IN REFRIGERATOR.
IF CSII OR A URINE CULTURE IS ALSO ORDERED: SPLIT URINE SPECIMEN INTO A GREY TOP URINE TUBE AND A YELLOW TOP URINE TUBE WITH A STERILE STRAW AND STORE IN REFRIGERATOR.
Temperature
REFRIGERATED
Methodology
COLORIMETRIC; LIGHT MICROSCOPY, IF INDICATED
Stability
ROOM TEMPERATURE: UP TO 1 HOUR
REFRIGERATED: UP TO 2 DAYS
REFRIGERATED: UP TO 2 DAYS
Test Includes
URINE COLLECTION TYPE
COLOR
APPEARANCE
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
PH
LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE
NITRITES
PROTEIN
GLUCOSE
KETONES
UROBILINOGEN
BILIRUBIN
BLOOD
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION, IF INDICATED
COLOR
APPEARANCE
SPECIFIC GRAVITY
PH
LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE
NITRITES
PROTEIN
GLUCOSE
KETONES
UROBILINOGEN
BILIRUBIN
BLOOD
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION, IF INDICATED
Specimen Retention Time
3 DAYS
LOINC Information
57020-0
Schedule
DAILY
Place of Service
SPARROW
Department
Urines/Bodily Fluids
Additional Information
INDICATIONS FOR MICROSCOPIC EVALUATION INCLUDE: POSITIVE DIPSTICK RESULT FOR LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE, PROTEIN, BLOOD, OR NITRITES ANY PATIENT LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD
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