Deprecated Oxygen saturation in Capillary blood by Oximetry   2710-2

LOINC Code


LOINC code2710-2
nameDeprecated Oxygen saturation in Capillary blood by Oximetry
statusDEPRECATED
status reasonErroneous - Oximetry was formerly used as a short hand for pulse oximetry. The more precise name is pulse oximetry, which measures the oxygen saturation and other parameters at the point where arterial blood surges into the capillaries. Per the experts, the system for pulse oximetry measurements is really arterial blood, not capillary. The oxygen saturation of capillary blood could, in theory, be measured by collecting capillary blood in a capillary tube and running to the laboratory, but what is usually done is to place a pulse oximetry sensor on the finger or other part of the body. Hence 59408-5 is the correct term.
Replacements

alternatives to this code:

59408-5Oxygen saturation in Arterial blood by Pulse oximetry

Fully-Specified Name

componentOxygen saturation
propertyMFr  =  Mass Fraction
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.
systemBldC  =  Blood capillary
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
methodOximetry

Additional Names

short nameDeprecated SaO2 % BldC Oximetry

Basic Attributes

classHEMODYN.MOLEC
type2  Clinical
example UCUM units%
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 unit%

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.

Member of these Groups

LG33051-0Oxygen saturation|MFr|Pt|Chal:None

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.70
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

Blood - capillary
Cap bld
Cap blood
Capillary bld
Capillary blood
Finger stick
Hemodynamics
HEMODYNAMICS.MOLEC
Mass Fraction
O2
Percent
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
SaO2
SAT
Satn
SO2
tO2

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