94440:FELBAMATE (FELBATOL)

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94440:FELBAMATE (FELBATOL)
Methodology: High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
Edit Date: 6/11/2010
Performed: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Released: 1-4 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab.
CPT Code: 80299-90
Specimen Collection Details
Collection: One 5 mL red top tube. Also acceptable: One 4 mL green top tube (heparin), 4 mL lavender top tube (EDTA), or 4 mL grey top tube (potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride plasma). Do not use serum separator tube (SST) or plasma separator tube (PST).
Handling: Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum or plasma from cells into a plastic vial. Refrigerate.
Stability: Specimen stable 48 hours ambient, 1 month refrigerated, or 6 months frozen.
Standard Volume: 1 mL serum or plasma.
Minimum Volume: 0.5 mL serum or plasma.
Transport: Refrigerated.
Comments: Therapeutic range not well established. The proposed therapeutic range for seizure control is 30-60 µg/mL. Pharmacokinetics varies widely, particularly with co-medications, age, and/or compromised renal function. No critical value has been defined.
Rejection Criteria: Use of SST or PST
This test may require insurance company prior authorization before ordering.
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Failure to gain preauthorization may result in denial of coverage.

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