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Test Code LAB0277566 Methanol, Blood

Additional Codes

 

HCMC Test ID
METHANOL

 

Method Name

Gas Chromatography (GC)

Performing Laboratory

Hennepin County Medical Center

Specimen Type

Whole Blood

Specimen Required

Container/Tube: Grey top (potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride)

Other: Serum gel tube or red-top tube is also acceptable.  Send in original tube, do not aliquot or open.

Specimen Volume:  2 mL

Specimen Transport Temperature

Ambient

Reference Values

Negative
Positives quantitated in mg/dL.

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Sunday

Results available within 2 hours of receipt at HCMC.

 

Test Classification and CPT Coding

84600-Methanol

 

Ethanol, acetone, and isopropanol may be reflexed if positive.

82010-Acetone

84600-Isopropanol

82075-Ethanol