Test Summary Sheet for:

Test Code 0585SP

Test Name Benzonatate, Serum/Plasma

Test has pending updates: 03/04/2019

Purpose
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Method(s)
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Suggested CPT Code(s)
80375
New York State Approval Status

Approved

Turnaround Time

8 days

Test Includes
1 Benzonatate High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) mcg/mL 0.5 Antitussive

Specimen Type
Serum or Plasma
Requested Volume
5 mL
Minimum Volume
2.1 mL
Special Handling
Promptly centrifuge and separate Serum or Plasma into a plastic screw capped vial using approved guidelines.
Specimen Container
NMS Labs has no experimental or literature-based data regarding the choice of specific specimen collection containers for this test.

Additional Collection Instructions

Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Light Protection
Not Required
Rejection Criteria
Polymer gel separation tube (SST or PST).

Rejection criteria pertain to clinical specimen submissions only.

Stability
Room Temperature: Undetermined
Refrigerated: Undetermined
Frozen (-20 °C): Undetermined
1 Benzonatate High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) mcg/mL 0.5 Antitussive

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LOINC® Information

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