Hemoglobin, Qualitative-Urine

• CPT Code: 81002
• LOINC:
• Specimen Type: URINE-random
• Frequency: Setup: Daily; Analytic time1 day
• Instructions: 5.0ml random urine, refrigerated. No preservative.
• Text: Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpfulScreening for hematuria, myoglobinuria, or intravascular hemolysis Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory testFree hemoglobin (Hgb) in urine usually is the result of lysis of RBCs present in the urine due to bleeding into the urinary tract (kidney, ureters, bladder). Less commonly, intravascular hemolysis (eg, transfusion reaction, hemolytic anemia, paroxysmal hemoglobinuria) may result in excretion of free Hgb from blood into urine.
• Methodology: Dipstick