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General Information

Placing Lab Orders

Collecting Lab Specimens

Lab Section-Specific Information

 

 

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Reducing Substance, Feces

Additional Codes

LAB3210

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester

Specimen Type

Fecal


Specimen Required


Supplies: Stool container, Small (Random), 4 oz Random (T288)

Container/Tube: Fecal container

Specimen Volume: 3 g

Collection Instructions:

1. Collect a loose, unpreserved, random fecal specimen.

2. Freeze immediately.

Additional Information: If additional tests are ordered, aliquot and separate sample prior to freezing to allow 1 container per test.


Specimen Minimum Volume

2 g

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time
Fecal Frozen 7 days

Reference Values

Negative or trace

CPT Code Information

84376

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
UREDF Reducing Substance, F 11060-1

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
6215 Reducing Substance, F 11060-1

Specimen Retention Time

7 days

Forms

If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send a Gastroenterology and Hepatology Test Request (T728) with the specimen.

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Saturday

Report Available

1 to 3 days