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Test Code PRIMID Primidone and Metab  

Important Note

Optimize drug therapy and monitor patient adherance. The active metabolite of primidone is phenobarbital.
 

Additional Codes

90202

Specimen Type

Blood

Preferred Collection Container

R-NoGel

 

Collection Instructions

Separate serum from cells within 2 hours of collection

Collection Volume

2.0 mL

Minimum Collection Volume

1.6 mL

Testing Volume

0.8 mL

Rejection Criteria

Separator tubes

Specimen Storage and Stability

Ambient: 1 week; Refrigerated: 1 week; Frozen: 1 month

Day(s) and Time(s) Performed

Sunday through Saturday

Test Alias

90202; PRIMP; Luminal; Mysoline; Mysoline Primidon
 

CPT Coding

80188; 80184
 

EPIC Code

LAB808

Methodology

Immunoassay
 

Acceptable Collection Container

R-NoGel, GrnNaHp
 

Transport

Refrigerator

Turn Around Time

2-3 days

LOINC

Phenobarbital    3948-7
Primidone (Mysoline)    3978-4