Cortisol, Saliva
| CPT Code(s): | 82533 |
| Specimen Required: | Patient Preparation:Do not collect specimen within 60 minutes after eating a meal, within 12 hours after consuming alcohol, immediately after brushing teeth or after any activity that may cause gums to bleed. Rinse mouth thoroughly with water 10 minutes before specimen collection. Recommended collection time is between 11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. Collect:Saliva. Swab must be completely saturated to ensure sufficient volume for testing. Specimen Preparation:Transfer saturated swab to plain (non-citric acid) cotton Salivette®collection device (RDL Supply #52056). Record the time of collection on the test request form, and on Salivette® transport container. Storage/Transport Temperature: Stability:Ambient: 1 week; Refrigerated: 3 weeks; Frozen: 6 months |
| New York DOH Approval Status: | This test is New York DOH approved. |
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