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Published on September 12, 2022

Codeine and Hydrocodone Urine, Confirmation

Tube Type = Gold Top

Container Type

Test ID LAB11425
EPIC ORDER CODEINE AND HYDROCODONE WITH METABOLITES CONFIRMATION RANDOM URINE
CPT Code(s) 80361
Group/Individual Test Individual
Laboratory Special Chemistry Laboratory
Tube Station 30
Specimen Routine: 5 mL random urine in Urine Yellow tube (no preservative/additive)
Micro: 1 mL random urine in Urine Yellow tube (no preservative/additive)
Stability Refrigerated: 14 days
  Frozen (-20°C): 14 days
Availability Routine: Three times/week - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
STAT: Not available
Turnaround Time 5 Days
Reference Range Normal: Morphine < 25ng/mL
Codeine < 25ng/mL
Hydrocodone < 25ng/mL
Hydromorphone < 25ng/mL
Comments

Methodology:  Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Reviewed by J. Carr on November 14, 2025

UNC Hospitals
McLendon Clinical Laboratories
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Chapel Hill, NC 27514