Fetal Head Diameter.occipito-frontal US   11851-3

LOINC Code


LOINC code11851-3
nameFetal Head Diameter.occipito-frontal US
descriptionDistance from frontal to occipital bone measured in same plane as biparietal diameter. Authors vary but seems most reasonable to use outer to outer edge in determining circumference. Measurement used to derive circumference and cephalic index.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentDiameter.occipito-frontal
propertyLen  =  Length
timePt  =  Point in time:  To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
systemHead^Fetus
scaleQn  =  Quantitative:  The result of the test is a numeric value that relates to a continuous numeric scale. Reported either as an integer, a ratio, a real number, or a range. The test result value may optionally contain a relational operator from the set {<=, <, >, >=}. Valid values for a quantitative test are of the form "7", "-7", "7.4", "-7.4", "7.8912", "0.125", "<10", "<10.15", ">12000", 1-10, 1:256
methodUS.measured

Additional Names

short nameFet Head OFD US.meas

Basic Attributes

classOB.US
type2  Clinical
order vs. observationObservation
example UCUM unitscm
The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business (www.unitsofmeasure.org)
example unitcm

Associated Observations

LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations.

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.58
last change typeMAJ  - change to name field other than Component;

Related Names

Brain
Cranial
Cranium
DIA
Diam
Echoencephalogram
Echoencephalography
Echography
Fetal
Gyn
Gynecology
Intracranial
Length
OB
ObGyn
OBSTERICAL
OBSTERICAL.ULTRASOUND
Obstetrical
Obstetrics
OFD
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Skull
Sonogram
Sonograph
Sonography
ULS
Ultrasound
US+Meas

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