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Test Code SOFT: CARB Carbamazepine, Plasma

Additional Codes

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EPIC NAME: CARBAMAZEPINE LEVEL

EPIC CODE: LAB22

 

 

Performing Laboratory

Saint Francis Medical Center-Drug Monitoring

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Plasma

Container/Tube: Mint green-top (lithium heparin gel) tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Stability: 7 Days (R)

                 2 Days (A)

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerated 24 hours

Reference Values

4-10.1 µg/mL

Toxic value (automatic call-back): >12 µg/mL

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Saturday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

80156

Methodology

Photometric Immunoassay