Test Code Billings Clinic: 8816 Calculus (Stone) Analysis
Performing Laboratory
Urolithiasis Laboratory
Methodology
Optical Crystallography
Specimen Requirements
- Entire dry specimen in a screw-capped, sterile container.
- Do not submit specimen in formalin.
- Do not tape the specimen to anything—tape interferes with the analytic procedure.
- Maintain sterility and forward promptly.
- Specimen source is required on request form for processing.
Reference Values
Descriptive report
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Friday
Test Classification and CPT Coding
82370 - Calculus; qualitative analysis; X-ray diffraction