Notes

Please provide history/preliminary diagnosis to help with interpretation. Typically analyzed Thur
Ordering Recommendations: Preferable for patients to be off Urso or Actigal for 5 days before sample collection.

Collect

Urine in 4oz Ster Cont. Do not collect urine specimen from diaper or cotton balls.

Minimum Collection Volume

1mL urine

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Frozen: >10 years.

Shipping/Handling Instructions (Lab Use Only)

Burnet: Freeze Urine. Clear Aliq.

External Client Shipping and Handling

Frozen urine, ship next day on dry ice, no weekend delivery.

Performing Lab

Mass Spectrometry 513-636-4203

Ordering Recommendations

Preferable for patients to be off Urso or Actigal for 5 days before sample collection

Methodology

Fast Atom Bombardment - Mass Spectrometry (FAB-MS)

Reported

16 days

Tests Included

Bile Acid U

Reflex Testing

Serum bile acids if indicated after urine bile acid performed.

Synonyms

  • Bile Acids Urine
  • Urine Bile Acids
  • FAB Testing
  • URINARY BILE ACIDS
  • BILE ACIDS DISORDERS
  • BILE ACIDS DEFECTS

Reference Interval

See Report

CPT Codes

83789

LOINC

  • 49254-6
Collection

Notes

Please provide history/preliminary diagnosis to help with interpretation. Typically analyzed Thur
Ordering Recommendations: Preferable for patients to be off Urso or Actigal for 5 days before sample collection.

Collect

Urine in 4oz Ster Cont. Do not collect urine specimen from diaper or cotton balls.

Minimum Collection Volume

1mL urine

Stability (from collection to initiation)

Frozen: >10 years.

Shipping/Handling Instructions (Lab Use Only)

Burnet: Freeze Urine. Clear Aliq.

External Client Shipping and Handling

Frozen urine, ship next day on dry ice, no weekend delivery.

Performing Lab

Mass Spectrometry 513-636-4203
Ordering

Ordering Recommendations

Preferable for patients to be off Urso or Actigal for 5 days before sample collection

Methodology

Fast Atom Bombardment - Mass Spectrometry (FAB-MS)

Reported

16 days

Tests Included

Bile Acid U

Reflex Testing

Serum bile acids if indicated after urine bile acid performed.

Synonyms

  • Bile Acids Urine
  • Urine Bile Acids
  • FAB Testing
  • URINARY BILE ACIDS
  • BILE ACIDS DISORDERS
  • BILE ACIDS DEFECTS
Result Interpretation

Reference Interval

See Report

Laboratory Personnel Use

CPT Codes

83789

LOINC

  • 49254-6