Methadone, Urine
Additional Codes
Epic# -
LAB000 (enter test name into comments)
Cerner name(s):
- Miscellaneous Sendout
Performing Lab(s)
Memorial-Belleville & Memorial-Shiloh
Specimen Requirement (s)
Specimen Type: Urine
Container/Tube: yellow-cap vacutainer or plain red-top vacutainer urine specimen tube
Specimen Volume: 5 - 20 mL
Specimen Minimum Volume: 5 mL
Collection Instructions: NA
Lab Instruction: NA
Day(s)/Shift(s) Test Set Up and Turnaround Time
Sunday through Saturday
Hours: 24 hours
Turnaround Time:
STAT: 60 minutes
Routine: less than 8 hours from receipt.
Transport and Stability
Transport temperature: Ambient to lab
Reference Values
Cut off value: 300 ng/mL
CPT/LOINC Codes
80306
Interpretive Data
Interpretive Data
Methadone: Samples containing greater than 300 ng/mL d,l-methadone or other cross-reacting compounds are reported as positive. False positive and false negative results are possible.
Current Interpretive Data was last reviewed 2/19/2019.