Test Code UA URINALYSIS ONLY
Additional Codes
LAB3695
No reflex
Test Code: ARKUA
Test Name: URINALYSIS with Microscopic
Performing Laboratory
Porter Hospital Laboratory
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: Urine
Container/Tube: Plastic Container
Specimen Volume: 20 ml; submit 12.0 mL urine
Specimen Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL
Collection Instructions:
1. Send specimen in plastic container with lid securely attached.
2. Place patient label on container, not on lid.
3. No preservative. Refrigerate specimen after collection.
4. Specimens left at Room Temperature for more than 1 hour maybe rejected.
4. Urine samples are stable for 24 hours at 2 – 8º C.
Specimen Transport Temperature
Refrigerate
Day(s) Performed
Daily
Available STAT
Methodology
Cliniteck, Refractometer
Test Classification and CPT Coding
81003 for UA