Fecal Fat, Qualitative

What it measures

• Fecal Fat, QualitativeLOINC 10753-2

Before the visit

Patient should be on a normal diet which includes fat intake. Patient should not use castor oil, mineral oil, suppositories or barium prior to collection of specimen. Fat substitutes such as Olestra may cause interference and should be avoided.

Specimen

Specimen

5 grams or 5 mL of freshly passed, then frozen stool in a clean leak-proof screw-cap plastic container

Minimum volume

1 gram or 1 mL stool

Container

Clean leak-proof screw-cap plastic container

Temperature

Frozen

Collect approximately 5 grams of semi-solid to solid stool or approximately 5 mL of liquid stool and transfer to properly labeled leak-proof container. Transport sample frozen.

Turnaround

Set up: Mon-Fri (a.m.)

Billing

CPT 82705