66746-9
Specimen type
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Term Description
The LOINC Answer List provided with this term is an example. Other answer lists can be used, such as those drawn from SNOMED CT or the HL7 Version 2 Table 0487 for Specimen Type.[https://www.hl7.org/fhir/v2/0487/] It is recommended that the Specimen type be recorded in the SPM-4 segment of HL7 v2 messages or Specimen.type in FHIR rather than using a LOINC code.
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Observation
- Property
- Type
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Specimen
- Scale
- Nom
- Method
Additional Names
- Long Common Name
- Specimen type
- Short Name
- Specimen type
- Display Name
- Observation Nom (Spec)
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Observation, Specimen
Example Answer List: LL1859-9
Source: Regenstrief InstituteAnswer | Code | Score | Answer ID |
---|---|---|---|
Amniotic fluid | LA30056-8 | ||
Blood | LA17759-4 | ||
Bone marrow | LA21012-2 | ||
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) | LA30055-0 | ||
Hair | LA30060-0 | ||
Kaolin modified blood | LA17761-0 | ||
Kaolin-heparinase modified blood | LA17762-8 | ||
Nail | LA30061-8 | ||
Nasopharyngeal | LA18005-1 | ||
Pericardial fluid | LA13476-9 | ||
Peritoneal fluid | LA13475-1 | ||
Plasma | LA17760-2 | ||
Respiratory | LA16975-7 | ||
Skin | LA4332-8 | ||
Synovial fluid | LA13477-7 | ||
Urine | LA30054-3 | ||
Stool | LA30063-4 |
Basic Attributes
- Class
- SPEC
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 2.38
- Last Updated
- Version 2.79 (NAM)
- Change Reason
- Release 2.79: COMPONENT: Updated to be inline with modeling updates.;
- Order vs. Observation
- Observation
- Common Test Rank Get Info
- 166
Member of these Panels
LOINC | Long Common Name |
---|---|
85735-9 | Congenital rubella case report panel |
89724-9 | Minimum Data Set (MDS) for Public Health Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) [CDC Emergency Operations Centers] |
69552-8 | Thromboelastography after addtion of heparinase panel - Blood |
67790-6 | Thromboelastography panel - Blood |
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
---|---|---|
de-AT | German (Austria) | Synonyms: Untersuchungsmaterial |
de-DE | German (Germany) | Beobachtung: |
es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Observación: |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Tipo de muestra: |
fr-CA | French (Canada) | Observation: |
fr-FR | French (France) | Nature du prélèvement: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Osservazione: Synonyms: Caratteristiche campione Punto nel tempo (episodio) |
nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | waarneming: |
pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Obserwacja: |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 观察: Synonyms: 供检查用的材料; |
LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info
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- CodeSystem lookup
- https:
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