Carnitine [Mass/mass] in Tissue   16553-0

LOINC Code


LOINC code16553-0
nameCarnitine [Mass/mass] in Tissue
description"Carnitine" is an alternative way to say total carnitines which = free carnitine + acylcarnitines, or stated another way, unesterified + esterified carnitine.
statusDISCOURAGED
Replacements

alternatives to this code:

24451-7Carnitine [Moles/mass] in Tissue

Fully-Specified Name

componentCarnitine
propertyMCnt  =  Mass Content
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.
systemTiss  =  Tissue, unspecified
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
method

Additional Names

short nameCarnitine Tiss-mCnt

Basic Attributes

classCHEM
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth

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 updated2.42
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

Carnitine.total
Chemistry
Mass Content
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Tissue
Tissue, unspecified

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