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Term Description

The Fitzpatrick skin type classification scale is a recognized standard in dermatology used to estimate the response of different types of skin to ultraviolet (UV) light. Fitzpatrick skin types range from Type I to VI where patient's with Type I always burn and never tan (pale white; blond or red hair; blue eyes; freckles) and patient's with Type VI never burn (deeply pigmented dark brown to darkest brown). PMID: 3377516

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Skin type:Type:Pt:^Patient:Nom:Fitzpatrick Classification Scale
Long Common Name
Skin type [Fitzpatrick Classification Scale]
Short Name
Skin type Fitzpatrick

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Skin type
    LP268081-9
    • Analyte
      Skin type
      LP268081-9
      • Component Numerator
        Skin type
        LP268081-9
        • Component Numerator Core
          Skin type
          LP268081-9
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Type
    LP6886-8
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    Nom
    LP7750-5
  • Method
    Fitzpatrick Classification Scale
    LP267943-1

Normative Answer List: LL1617-1

Source: Consensus measures for Phenotypes and Exposures
AnswerCodeScoreAnswer ID
Skin-type I: very fair skin, blond or red hair, light eyes (blue or green), never tan and always sunburn after sun exposureLA15337-1
Skin-type II: fair skin, blond or light-brown hair, light eyes (blue or green), usual sunburnLA15338-9
Skin-type III: deep skin, brown hair, light to medium eye colorLA15339-7
Skin-type IV: olive skin, dark-brown hair, brown eyesLA15340-5
Skin-type V: brown skin, black hair, black eyesLA15341-3
Skin-type VI: black skin, black hair, black eyesLA15342-1

Basic Attributes

Class
PHENX
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.38
Last Updated
Version 2.65 (NAM)
Change Reason
Updated term based on original source. Changed Component from "What type of skin do you have" to "Skin type" and Method from "PhenX" to "Fitzpatrick Classification Scale". Moved PhenX data in Survey Question Text and Survey Question Source fields to the PhenX Skin cancer protocol panel where this term is used.

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
62896-6PhenX domain - Skin, bone, muscle and joint

Language Variants Get Info

TagLanguageTranslation
el-GRGreek (Greece)Τύπος δέρματος:Type:Pt:^Ασθενής:Nom:Κλίμακα Ταξινόμησης Fitzpatrick
Synonyms: - Nom PHENX Pt Type Ασθενής Δέρμα Κλίμακα Ταξινόμησης Fitzpatrick Τύπος δέρματος
es-MXSpanish (Mexico)Tipo de piel:Tipo:Punto temporal:^ Paciente:Nominal:Fitzpatrick Classification Scale
it-ITItalian (Italy)Pelle, tipo:Tipo:Pt:^Paziente:Nom:Scala di classificazione di Fitzpatrick
Synonyms: paziente PhenX Punto nel tempo (episodio) Tipo di pelle
zh-CNChinese (China)皮肤类型:类型:时间点:^患者:名义型:Fitzpatrick 分类量表
Synonyms: Consensus measures for Phenotypes and eXposures;PhenX;暴露;接触;表型与暴露共识指标;表现型与暴露共识指标;表型与暴露公认指标 分类型应答;分类型结果;名义性;名称型;名词型;名词性;标称性;没有自然次序的名义型或分类型应答 医疗服务对象;客户;病人;病患;病号;超系统 - 病人 型 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 皮;肤;表皮 皮肤类别;皮肤分类 菲茨帕特里克分类量表;费茨帕特里克分类量表;费兹派翠克分类量表;菲氏分类量表;费氏分类量表;菲氏皮肤分类量表;费氏皮肤分类量表;Fitzpatrick（菲茨帕特里克、费茨帕特里克、费兹派翠克、菲氏、费氏） 分类（分型、皮肤分类、皮肤分型）量表（表）;FCS

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