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The Drug Monitoring, Alcohol Metabolite, with Confirmation, Urine test contains 1 test with 4 biomarkers.
Drug Monitoring, Alcohol Metabolite, with Confirmation, Urine
Clinical Significance
Drug Monitoring, Alcohol Metabolite, with Confirmation, Urine - Ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate are metabolites of ethanol (alcohol) that may be present in urine after ingestion of, or exposure to, drinks, foods, medication or other products containing ethyl alcohol. Incidental exposure to alcohol-containing products such as mouthwash or hand sanitizer have also been shown to produce positive alcohol metabolites test results. LC-MS/MS testing detects EtG and EtS regardless of the source. Therefore, we encourage you to interpret alcohol metabolite test results in light of the clinical picture.
Includes
If you require medMATCH for this order code, you must also order code 39158 - Prescribed Drugs, medMATCH®. If 39158 is ordered, all Drug Monitoring order codes will be treated as medMATCH.
If this test code is not ordered with 39158, all medMATCH result codes will be DNR’d.
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Initial screen of the Alcohol Metabolites drug class. If screen is positive, a confirmation will be performed at an additional charge (CPT code(s): 80321 HCPCS: G0480).
Confirmation includes the following analytes: Ethyl Glucuronide (ETG), Ethyl Sulfate (ETS)
Reference Range(s)
Alcohol Metabolites <500 ng/mL
Ethyl Glucuronide (EtG) <500 ng/mL
Ethyl Sulfate (EtS) <100 ng/mL
Alternative Name(s)
Prescription Drug Monitoring,Pain Management