Test ID: ZG186
CPT code: 82570, 82108
LOINC:
Specimen Type: Plastic 24 hr urine container, no preservative
Frequency: 2 – 4 days
Instructions: 5 mL Urine , no preservative, Ambient. Min 1.5 mL.
Text: Monitor patients for exposure to aluminum. Patients at risk include: Infants on parenteral fluids, esp. parenteral nutrition, burn patients through administration of intravenous albumin, particularly with coexisting renal failure, patients with chronic renal failure who accumulate aluminum from medications and dialysate & patients with industrial exposure.
Methodology: Inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry (ICP/MS)