Ordering Recommendation

Determine composition and appearance of calculi.

New York DOH Approval Status

This test is New York state approved.

Specimen Required

Patient Preparation
Collect

Calculus specimen.

Specimen Preparation

Air dry calculi and transfer to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. Larger calculi specimens may be transported in a clean, empty urine cup (150 mL) or similar container.

Storage/Transport Temperature

Room temperature.

Unacceptable Conditions

Specimens wrapped in tape or embedded in wax will delay or prevent analysis and should not be submitted.

Remarks

Calculi specimens that are transported in liquid and received wet or bloody will be dried for 48-72 hours, which will cause a delay in processing.

Stability

Ambient: Indefinitely; Refrigerated: Indefinitely; Frozen: Indefinitely

Methodology

Quantitative Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy/Quantitative Polarizing Microscopy

Performed

Sun-Sat

Reported

1-4 days

Reference Interval

Interpretive Data

Calculi are the products of physiological processes that yield crystalline compounds in a matrix of biological compounds and blood.  Matrix components are not reported. The clinically significant crystalline components identified in calculi specimens are reported.  Gross description may not be consistent with the composition determined by FTIR analysis.

Compliance Category

Standard

Note

Hotline History

N/A

CPT Codes

82365

Components

Component Test Code* Component Chart Name LOINC
0020520 Calculi Mass 3154-2
0093366 Calculi Description 14618-3
0099294 Calculi Composition 9795-6
2005232 EER Calculi (Stone) Analysis and Photo 11526-1
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Aliases

  • Bile Stone
  • Calculus (Stone) Analysis
  • Calculus Analysis
  • Kidney Stone
  • Prostatic Stones
  • Renal Calculi
  • Renal Stone
  • Stone
  • Urinary Calculi
  • Urinary Stone Analysis
  • Urinary Tract Stone
Calculi (Stone) Analysis with Photo