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Test Code Billings Clinic: 3008 Ketone, Urine

Performing Laboratory

Billings Clinic Laboratory:  Hematology

Useful For

  • Detectable levels of ketone may occur in urine during physiological stress conditions such as fasting, pregnancy and frequent strenuous exercise. 
  • In ketoacidosis, starvation or with other abnormalities of carbohydrate or lipid metabolism, ketones may appear in urine in large amounts before serum ketone is elevated.

Methodology

Nitroprusside

Specimen Requirements

0.5 mL from a random urine collection in a urine container.

Reference Values

Negative

Day(s) Test Set Up

Daily

Test Classification and CPT Coding

81003 - Urinalysis, by dip stick or tablet for ketones; automated without microscopy

LOINC Code Information

Reporting Name LOINC Code
Ketone, urine 5797-6