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Test Code: OTC Preferred Name OTC mutation testing

No
As required
1 month
Non-medicare Item
N/A

Test Tubes

ImageSpecimen TypeSpecimen VolumeTube Type
Blood3 mLEDTA 3 mL whole blood (Lavender top)
Tissue5 gSterile container 70 mL (yellow lid)

COLLECTION NOTES

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GENERAL NOTES

This is a non-schedule test.  Please advise the patient that this test is not covered by Medicare and they will have out-of-pocket expenses. Cost - $975 for the index case, $200 for family members once the mutation is known.



APPLICATION:  Demonstration of mutations in the ornithine transcarbamylase gene.

If this test is required, contact a Chemical Pathologist.

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