Term Description

The percentile of a patient's blood pressure (BP) indicates the relative position of the patient's BP value among a given population. For children and teens the interpretation of BP is age, sex, and height-specific.

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Pediatric blood pressure percentile:Prctl:Pt:^Patient:Qn:Per age, sex and height
Long Common Name
Pediatric blood pressure percentile [Per age, sex and height]

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Pediatric blood pressure percentile
    LP150293-1
    • Analyte
      Pediatric blood pressure percentile
      LP150293-1
      • Component Numerator
        Pediatric blood pressure percentile
        LP150293-1
        • Component Numerator Core
          Pediatric blood pressure percentile
          LP150293-1
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Prctl
    LP6846-2
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    Qn
    LP7753-9
  • Method
    Per age, sex and height
    LP156487-3

Example Answer List: LL2150-2

Source: National Committee for Quality Assurance
AnswerCodeScoreAnswer ID
50thLA18849-2
80thLA18850-0
90thLA18851-8
95thLA18852-6
99thLA18853-4

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.GNHLTH
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.40
Last Updated
Version 2.67 (MIN)
Change Reason
Updated "Gender" to "Sex" in Method to to correctly represent the concept based on WHO definitions of sex and gender
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Example Units

UnitSource
%Example UCUM Units

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CodeSystem lookup
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