Notes

Please provide history/preliminary diagnosis to help with interpretation.

Patient Preparation

Preferable for patients to be off Urso or Actigal for 5 days before sample collection.

Collect

5-25 mL Urine

Minimum Collection Volume

1.0 mL urine

Unacceptable Conditions

Do not collect in or on diapers or cotton balls.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Freeze ASAP

Specimen Preparation

Random urine collection

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Greater than 10 years frozen.

Performed

Alternate Fridays

Performing Lab

Mass Spec

Methodology

Fast Atom Bombardment - Mass Spectrometry (FAB-MS)

Reported

2 Weeks

Tests Included

Bile Acid U

Reflex Testing

Serum bile acids if indicated after urine bile acid performed.

Synonyms

  • Bile Acids Urine
  • Bile Acd U
  • FAB Testing

Reference Interval

See Report

CPT Codes

83789

Lab Use Only

If sample comes on weekend, place in freezer w/ paperwork for Mass Spec.

LOINC

  • 49254-6
Collection

Notes

Please provide history/preliminary diagnosis to help with interpretation.

Patient Preparation

Preferable for patients to be off Urso or Actigal for 5 days before sample collection.

Collect

5-25 mL Urine

Minimum Collection Volume

1.0 mL urine

Unacceptable Conditions

Do not collect in or on diapers or cotton balls.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Freeze ASAP

Specimen Preparation

Random urine collection

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Greater than 10 years frozen.

Performed

Alternate Fridays

Performing Lab

Mass Spec
Ordering

Methodology

Fast Atom Bombardment - Mass Spectrometry (FAB-MS)

Reported

2 Weeks

Tests Included

Bile Acid U

Reflex Testing

Serum bile acids if indicated after urine bile acid performed.

Synonyms

  • Bile Acids Urine
  • Bile Acd U
  • FAB Testing
Result Interpretation

Reference Interval

See Report

Laboratory Personnel Use

CPT Codes

83789

Lab Use Only

If sample comes on weekend, place in freezer w/ paperwork for Mass Spec.

LOINC

  • 49254-6

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