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Term Description

Macular edema is retinal thickening caused by the accumulation of intercellular fluid from leaking blood vessels. This results in some apparent retinal thickening or hard exudates in posterior pole.

Reference Information

TypeSourceReference
CitationAmerican Academy of OphthalmologyAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology Retina Panel. Preferred Practice Pattern® Guidelines. Diabetic Retinopathy. San Francisco, CA: American Academy of Ophthalmology; 2008. Available at: www.aao.org/ppp. Preferred Practice Pattern Guidelines-American Academy of Ophthamology

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Macular edema:Find:Pt:Eye.left:Ord:Ophthalmoscopy
Long Common Name
Left eye Macular edema by Ophthalmoscopy
Short Name
L eye Macular edema Ophthalmoscopy

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Macular edema
    LP149843-7
    • Analyte
      Macular edema
      LP149843-7
      • Component Numerator
        Macular edema
        LP149843-7
        • Component Numerator Core
          Macular edema
          LP149843-7
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Find
    LP6813-2
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    Eye.left
    LP7219-1
    • System Core
      Eye.left
      LP7219-1
    • Super System
      NULL
       
  • Scale
    Ord
    LP7751-3
  • Method
    Ophthalmoscopy
    LP149841-1

Normative Answer List: LL1937-3

Source: 3M Health Information Systems
AnswerCodeScoreAnswer ID
PresentCopyright http://snomed.info/sct ID:52101004 Present (qualifier value)LA9633-4
AbsentCopyright http://snomed.info/sct ID:2667000 Absent (qualifier value)LA9634-2

Basic Attributes

Class
EYE.PX
Type
Clinical
First Released
Version 2.40
Last Updated
Version 2.68 (MIN)
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Language Variants Get Info

TagLanguageTranslation
el-GRGreek (Greece)Οίδημα ωχράς:Εύρεση:Pt:Οφθαλμός.αριστερός:Ord:Οφθαλμοσκόπηση
Synonyms: EYE EYE.PX Ord Pt Εύρεση Οίδημα Οίδημα ωχράς Οφθαλμός Οφθαλμός.αριστερός Οφθαλμοσκόπηση
es-MXSpanish (Mexico)Edema macular:Tipo:Punto temporal:Ojo izquierdo:Ordinal:Ophthalmoscopy
it-ITItalian (Italy)Edema maculare:Osservazione:Pt:Occhio.sinistro:Ord:Oftalmoscopia
Synonyms: attraverso oftalmoscopia Occhio Occhio Sinistro Oftalmologia - risultati di esami clinici Osservazione Punto nel tempo (episodio)
zh-CNChinese (China)黄斑水肿:发现:时间点:眼睛.左侧:序数型:检眼镜检查法
Synonyms: Eye physical findings;眼.体格检查所见;眼科.体格检查所见;眼科学与验光变量.体格检查所见;眼科学与验光指标.体格检查所见;眼部体格检查所见;眼部检查所见 L LT 依次型;分类顺序型;定性的;序数型（或称等级型）;性质上的;有序型;有序性分类应答;有序性分类结果;秩次型;等级型;筛查;顺序型 发现是一个原子型临床观察指标，并不是作为印象的概括陈述。体格检查、病史、系统检查及其他此类观察指标的属性均为发现。它们的标尺对于编码型发现可能是名义型，而对于叙述型文本之中所报告的发现，则可能是叙述型。;发现物;所见;结果;结论 向左 向左侧 左 左侧（Left，LT，L） 左侧眼睛;左眼 左向 左边 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 检眼镜检查;眼膜曲率镜检查;检眼屈光镜检查;检眼镜检查;眼底检查法;检眼镜检查方法 浮肿;脑水肿;肺水肿;瘤腺体 目;眼;眼部 眼;眼睛;眼科;眼科学与验光变量;眼科学与验光指标

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