Nicotine & Metabolites, Urine, Quantitative NICMTU
| Method(s) | Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry |
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| Components | Nicotine, Cotinine, 3-OH-Cotinine, Nornicotine, Anabasine |
| Specimen Required | |
| Collect | Random urine. |
| Transport | 4 mL urine with no additives or preservatives at 20-25ºC. (Min: 1 mL) |
| Stability | Ambient: 10 days; Refrigerated: 10 days; Frozen: 8 months |
| Unacceptable Conditions | Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles. |
| Schedule | Daily |
| Billing Code | 5011539 |
| CPTCode | 80323 |
| Preferred Specimen Collection Device(s) | |
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Interpretive Data: Positive Cutoff
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