Parasite identified in Blood by Light microscopy   17784-0

LOINC Code


LOINC code17784-0
nameParasite identified in Blood by Light microscopy
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentParasite identified
propertyPrid  =  Presence or identity:  Prid stands for “Presence or identity”, is used for assays that detect whether or not an analyte of a particular kind is present, and if it is, to identify the specific analyte.
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.
systemBld  =  Whole blood
scaleNom  =  Nominal:  Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
methodMicroscopy.light

Additional Names

short nameParasite Bld Smear

Basic Attributes

classMICRO
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

test rank10029 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated2.73
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name
change reasonUpdated Component from "Parasites" and Property from "Find" to align with other nominal parasite terms.

Related Names

Blood
ID
Identity or presence
Infectious Disease
InfectiousDisease
Isolated
LM
Micro
Microbiology
Micros
Microscopic
Nominal
Parasites
Point in time
Random
WB
Whole blood

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