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Term Description

The description of a swab take from a patient's body site. For example, an ear swab is usually taken from the patient's external ear canal and typically used for cytological evaluation. To report the site where the swab specimen was collected, use Body site LOINC 39111-0.

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Observation:Aper:Pt:XXX.swab:Nar:
Long Common Name
Description of swab specimen Narrative
Short Name
Description of swab
Display Name
Appearance Nar (Swab specimen)
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Appearance, Swab specimen

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Observation
    LP442509-8
    • Analyte
      Observation
      LP442509-8
      • Component Numerator
        Observation
        LP442509-8
        • Component Numerator Core
          Observation
          LP442509-8
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Aper
    LP6779-5
  • Time
    Pt
    LP6960-1
  • System
    XXX.swab
    LP189536-8
  • Scale
    Nar
    LP7749-7
  • Method
    NULL
     

Basic Attributes

Class
SPEC
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.63
Last Updated
Version 2.79 (NAM)
Change Reason
Release 2.79: COMPONENT: Triggered by coll w SCT: component that the description is property like as in Color, Appearance, Osmolality have changed to Component: Observation, and Property: Color, or Appearance, or Osmolality, so forth…; Release 2.71: SYSTEM: Updated to more representative specimen type based on original term request, term display names and description.;
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
88345-4Microscopic exam panel - Ear by Light microscopy

Language Variants Get Info

TagLanguageTranslation
cs-CZCzech (Czechia)Vzhled:Vzhled:Časový bod:Výtěr:Narativní:
el-GRGreek (Greece)Παρατήρηση:Aper:Pt:XXX.επίχρισμα:Nar:
Synonyms: Aper Nar Pt SPEC XXX XXX.επίχρισμα Παρατήρηση
es-ESSpanish (Spain)Observación:Aspecto:Punto temporal:Escobillon XXX:Narrativo:
es-MXSpanish (Mexico)Apariencia:Apariencia:Punto temporal:Muestra:Narrativo:
fr-FRFrench (France)Observation:Aspect:Ponctuel:Prélèvement divers:Résultat textuel:
it-ITItalian (Italy)Osservazione:Asp:Pt:XXX.tampone:Nar:
Synonyms: Aspetto Caratteristiche campione Punto nel tempo (episodio)
pl-PLPolish (Poland)Obserwacja:wygląd:punkt w czasie:XXX.wymaz:opisowy:
zh-CNChinese (China)观察:外观:时间点:XXX.拭子:叙述型:
Synonyms: XXX.拭子（拭样、采样刷、样品刷、药签、棉签）;未作说明的（此处不作说明的、不明）体系（标本、样品、样本、试样、系统）.拭子 不明的;其他;将在相应消息内其他部分之中加以详细说明;未作详细说明的;未作说明的;未做说明的标本;未加规定的;未加说明的标本;杂项 叙述;叙述性文字;报告;报告型;文字叙述;文本叙述型;文本描述;文本描述型 外表;外貌;神色 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 标本;标本信息;标本类 观测

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

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=87728-2