Term Description

Final route and method of delivery as defined by the US Standard Certificate of Live Birth (2003) and US Standard Fetal Death Report (2003). Vaginal/spontaneous is defined as delivery of the entire fetus through the vagina by the natural force of labor with or without manual assistance from the delivery attendant. Vaginal/forceps is defined as delivery of the fetal head through the vagina by the application of obstetrical forceps to the fetal head. Vaginal/vacuum is defined as delivery of the fetal head through the vagina by the application of a vacuum cup or ventouse to the fetal head. Cesarean is defined as extraction of the fetus, placenta, and membranes through an incision in the maternal abdominal and uterine walls.

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Final route and method of delivery:Type:Pt:^Patient:Nom:US standard certificate of live birth
Long Common Name
Final route and method of delivery [US Standard Certificate of Live Birth]

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Final route and method of delivery
    LP172826-2
    • Analyte
      Final route and method of delivery
      LP172826-2
      • Component Numerator
        Final route and method of delivery
        LP172826-2
        • Component Numerator Core
          Final route and method of delivery
          LP172826-2
        • 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
    US standard certificate of live birth
    LP172820-5

Survey Question

BC46_FDR38

Normative Answer List: LL2518-0

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AnswerCodeScoreAnswer ID
Vaginal/SpontaneousLA20039-6
Vaginal/ForcepsLA20040-4
Vaginal/VacuumLA20041-2
CesareanLA20042-0
UnknownCopyright http://snomed.info/sct ID:261665006 Unknown (qualifier value)LA4489-6

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.CDC
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.44
Last Updated
Version 2.44 (MIN)
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
86347-2U.S. standard certificate of live birth - recommended 2003 revision set
86346-4U.S. standard report of fetal death - recommended 2003 revision set

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=73762-7