Printable Test Catalog - OU Medicine

2-4 weeks (whole blood)
METHODOLOGY: Quantitative palmitoylcarnitine measurements using
L-(methyl-14C)carnitine-HCL
CPT: 82658; 84157; 88233
[CARNU] UR CARNITINE
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Frozen urine (Random)
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Plastic urine container
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 5 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 2 ml
TEST INCLUDES: Total carnitine, Free carnitine, Esterified
carnitine and ratio
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
TURNAROUND TIME: 3-10 days
REFERENCE RANGE: 0-5 months: 160-1552 mol/g creatine
6-23 months: 231-1710 mol/g creatinine
2 years and older: 73-731 mol/g creatinine
METHODOLOGY: Tandem Mass Spectrometry
CPT: 82379
[CARO] Carotene
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Frozen serum protected from light
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Red or Gold
SPECIAL HANDLING: Patient should be fasting (8 hours) and
receive no vitamin supplement or foods
containing vitamin A or carotene for 24 hrs
before testing in patient ages 0-6 months, 48
hrs for older groups (6 months or older)
Protect specimen from light
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 2 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 1.2 mL
TEST AVAILABILITY: Daily
REFERENCE RANGE: 10-85 ug/dL
OTHER NAMES: Beta-carotene
METHODOLOGY: High-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC)
CLINICAL USE: Confirm the diagnosis of carotenoderma; detect
fat malabsorption; depressed carotene levels may
be found in cases of steatorrhea
CPT: 82380
[CASR] CA HOMEOSTASIS VIA CASR GENE
SPECIMEN REQUIRED: Whole blood at room temperature
TUBE OR CONTAINER: Lavender (EDTA)
SPECIMEN VOLUME: 5 mL
MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 mL
TEST AVAILABILITY: Monday-Friday
TURNAROUND TIME: 8 weeks
METHODOLOGY: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
CPT: 83891 x 24; 83892 x 2; 83894 x 24; 83898 x 2 83904 x 12;
83912