---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 862.1185"
title: "21"
number: "862.1185"
heading: "Compound S (11-deoxycortisol) test system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/862.1185"
---

# §862.1185. Compound S (11-deoxycortisol) test system.

- (a) **Identification.** A compound S (11-dioxycortisol) test system is a device intended to measure the level of compound S (11-dioxycortisol) in plasma. Compound S is a steroid intermediate in the biosynthesis of the adrenal hormone cortisol. Measurements of compound S are used in the diagnosis and treatment of certain adrenal and pituitary gland disorders resulting in clinical symptoms of masculinization and hypertension.
- (b) **Classification.** Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in [subpart E of part 807](/cfr/21/part807-subpartE.md) of this chapter subject to [§ 862.9](/cfr/21/862.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2305, Jan. 14, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 l, 371.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[52 FR 16122, May 1, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2305, Jan. 14, 2000]