Mephedrone, MDPV and Methylone Urine




Test Mnemonic

MX3U

CPT Codes

  • 80307 - QTY (1)

Aliases

  • Bath Salts

Includes

  • Mephedrone
  • Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV)
  • Methylone

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp


Specimen Requirements

Volume Type Container Collect Temperature Transport Temperature Special Instructions
10 mLUrine, randomClean container Refrigerated 

Minimum Specimen Requirements

Volume Type Container Collect Temperature Transport Temperature Special Instructions
1 mL     

Stability

Environmental Condition Description
Ambient2 days
Frozen6 months
Refrigerated2 weeks

Days Performed

Varies

Turnaround Time

6 - 11 days

Methodology

Name Description
Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) 

Reference Range

Special Info

Confirmation testing is automatically performed on all positives at an additional charge.

Clinical Info

Qualitative analysis for Mephedrone, Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) and Methylone. Screening threshold: 1.0 ng/mL.

Clinical Limitation

n/a

Clinical Reference

n/a