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Test Code UUA Uric Acid Urine

EHR Test Codes

  Test Code Test Name
Atlas UUA Uric Acid Random Urine
Cerner   Uric Acid Urine

Specimen Requirements

Preparation of Patient: 

None.

 

Container Type: 

Sterile Specimen Cup

 

or

 

White Top 6mL No Additive Tube

 

Specimen Type:

Urine

 

Specimen Volume: 

6 mL Urine minimum .5 mL

 

Specimen Handling/Transport:

Aliquot urine into White Top 6ml No Additive Tube if availible via urine transfer straw.  Transport refrigerated 2-8°C.

 

Specimen Stability/Storage:

5  days refrigerated 2-8°C

 

Specimen Rejection:

Samples in preservatives

Performing Laboratory

Munson Medical Center Laboratories

Chemistry Department

Priority, Frequency, & Turnaround

Priority:

Non-Emergent

 

Frequency:

24 hours 7 days a week

 

Turnaround:

0 - 1 days

Methodology

Uricase

Reporting

Reference Range:

None

 

Critical Decision: 

None

Clinical Significance

Quantitation of urinary uric acid excretion is an aid in selecting the treatment for asymptomatic hyperuricemia and in the investigation of uric acid urolithesis. Lower urine uric acid values are seen in severe hepatocellular disease, defective renal tubular absorption (congenital or acquired).

CPT Code(s)

84560