MELANIN URINE QUALITATIVE
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

  MELAN

MGH LIS Test No

  917

Schedule

  Daily

Testing Time

  1 day

Testing Lab

  Marquette General Hospital

QORR Test Code

  MELAN

Specimen Info

Type

  Urine  

Volume

  10-15 ml random

Temperature

  Refrigerate

Preservative

   

Collection Info

  Plastic urine cup or urine vacutainer collection kit.
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Ferric chloride test

Clinical Utilities
Detecting the melanin pigment in urine. Results are qualitative.

CPT Codes
81005

Reference Range
Negative

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments

 

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