International
International LOINC Downloads
International interest in LOINC® continues to grow. A number of efforts have been undertaken to translate the LOINC documents and terms into various languages. The LOINC database and the RELMA program provide language translations as Linguistic Variants.
If you are interested in assisting with translations, please contact us ![]()
LOINC downloads in other languages
German 
Translation into German on behalf of the DIMDI through: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen Nürnberg; Erlangen. Caroline Heubeck, Dr. Immo Fiebrig, Dr. Manfred Criegee-Rieck.
Simplified Chinese 
Translation by Lin Zhang at Bethune International Peace Hospital, Shijiazhuang, People's Republic of China with support from Professor Xing Chen, Director of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and technical support from Yingjie Zhao. Translations of LOINC codes are provided in the database as a linguistic variant.
LOINC User's Guide (December 2007) in Simplified Chinese
RELMA User's Guide (December 2007) in Simplified Chinese-
Laboratory LOINC and RELMA tutorial (June 2008)
Jim Case & Clem McDonald & Daniel Vreeman
Spanish 
Spanish translations of the laboratory LOINC terms by Guillermo Reynoso from the International Medical Terminology Research Center in Argentina are provided in the LOINC database as a linguistic variant.
The Mexican Institute of Social Security (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, or IMSS) has produced a website that produces English or Spanish translations.
IMSS User's Guide (Manual de Usuario) to Web version of RELMA - 08-26-2004
LOINC User's Guide (February 2004) in Spanish- IMSS Website with LOINC English/Spanish translations
Estonian 
Translation into Estonian by Alar Aab from Department of Clinical Chemistry, United Laboratories, Clinicum of the University of Tartu.
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Laboratory LOINC and RELMA tutorial (December 2007)
Jim Case & Clem McDonald & Daniel Vreeman
