Ordering Recommendations

All blood alcohol and drug screen results assayed at Intermountain Health hospitals are for medical purposes only

Collect

Random urine sample

Collect, Minimum Volume

2 mL urine

Pediatric Collection

1 mL urine

Lab Staff Notes

When a positive DRUGU screen reflexes OBL for LCMS confirmation, please use the label with IMLCD spot to send to CL

Specimen Preparation

Recommended: use MLA pipette tips or pour to aliquot or transfer specimens

THC recovery may be affected by the use of plastic transfer pipettes to aliquot or transfer specimens

Storage/Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Room temperature: 24 hours,
Refrigerated: 5 days,
Frozen: 3 months

Unacceptable Conditions

Preservatives - for example, specimens in Tiger top urine preservative tubes:

Performed

Sun-Sat

Reported

Same day

Methodology

Enzyme Immunoassay

Lab Department

Chemistry

Testing Location

Intermountain

Includes

Drug class and cutoff concentrations, Roche cobas chemistry analyzers:
Amphetamines/Methamphetamines (500 ng/mL),
Barbiturates (200 ng/mL),
Benzodiazepines (100 ng/mL),
Buprenorphine (10 ng/mL),
Cocaine metabolite (150 ng/mL),
Fentanyl (5 ng/mL),
Methadone (300 ng/mL),
Opiates (300 ng/mL),
Synthetic Opioids (100 ng/mL),
Cannabinoids (50 ng/mL)

Screen results above these thresholds are preliminary and are always sent for confirmation testing.

Reflexed to confirmation

Synonyms

  • Urine Drugs w/ Reflex to Confirmation
  • Urine Drug Screen w/ Reflex to Confirmation
  • Urine Drugs Screen w/ Reflex to Confirmation
  • Drug Screen, Urine, w/ Reflex to Confirmation
  • Drugs Screen, Urine, w/ Reflex to Confirmation
  • Urine, Drugs
  • Drugs, Urine

CPT Codes

80301

Updated

10/18/24

Interface Order Code (OBR)

DRUGU

Interface Result Code (OBX)

AMPH, AMPHET, BAR, BARBIT, BEN, BENZO, BUPRDA, BUPREN, COCA, COCAIN, DRGCOM, DRUGUC, FEN, FENTAN, METHDN, MTHDN, OPIA, OPIATE, OXCOD, OXCODA, THC, THCDAT
Collecting

Ordering Recommendations

All blood alcohol and drug screen results assayed at Intermountain Health hospitals are for medical purposes only

Collect

Random urine sample

Collect, Minimum Volume

2 mL urine

Pediatric Collection

1 mL urine

Lab Staff Notes

When a positive DRUGU screen reflexes OBL for LCMS confirmation, please use the label with IMLCD spot to send to CL

Specimen Preparation

Recommended: use MLA pipette tips or pour to aliquot or transfer specimens

THC recovery may be affected by the use of plastic transfer pipettes to aliquot or transfer specimens

Storage/Transport Temperature

Refrigerated

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Room temperature: 24 hours,
Refrigerated: 5 days,
Frozen: 3 months

Unacceptable Conditions

Preservatives - for example, specimens in Tiger top urine preservative tubes:
Resulting

Performed

Sun-Sat

Reported

Same day

Methodology

Enzyme Immunoassay
Additional Information

Lab Department

Chemistry

Testing Location

Intermountain

Includes

Drug class and cutoff concentrations, Roche cobas chemistry analyzers:
Amphetamines/Methamphetamines (500 ng/mL),
Barbiturates (200 ng/mL),
Benzodiazepines (100 ng/mL),
Buprenorphine (10 ng/mL),
Cocaine metabolite (150 ng/mL),
Fentanyl (5 ng/mL),
Methadone (300 ng/mL),
Opiates (300 ng/mL),
Synthetic Opioids (100 ng/mL),
Cannabinoids (50 ng/mL)

Screen results above these thresholds are preliminary and are always sent for confirmation testing.

Reflexed to confirmation

Synonyms

  • Urine Drugs w/ Reflex to Confirmation
  • Urine Drug Screen w/ Reflex to Confirmation
  • Urine Drugs Screen w/ Reflex to Confirmation
  • Drug Screen, Urine, w/ Reflex to Confirmation
  • Drugs Screen, Urine, w/ Reflex to Confirmation
  • Urine, Drugs
  • Drugs, Urine
Coding

CPT Codes

80301

Updated

10/18/24
Interface Mapping

Interface Order Code (OBR)

DRUGU

Interface Result Code (OBX)

AMPH, AMPHET, BAR, BARBIT, BEN, BENZO, BUPRDA, BUPREN, COCA, COCAIN, DRGCOM, DRUGUC, FEN, FENTAN, METHDN, MTHDN, OPIA, OPIATE, OXCOD, OXCODA, THC, THCDAT