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Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements.
system
{Setting}
scale
Doc = Document: A document that could be in many formats (XML, narrative, etc.)
method
{Role}
Additional Names
short name
Educ note
Basic Attributes
class
DOC.ONTOLOGY
type
2 Clinical
order vs. observation
Both
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.
4357 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated
2.73
last change type
MIN - change to field other than name
change reason
Previous Releases: Based on Clinical LOINC Committee decision during the September 2014 meeting, {Provider} was changed to {Author Type} to emphasize a greater breadth of potential document authors. At the September 2015 Clinical LOINC Committee meeting, the Committee decided to change {Author Type} to {Role} to align with the 'Role' axis name in the LOINC Document Ontology.;
Related Names
DOC.ONT Document Educ note Encounter Evaluation and management Evaluation and management note
Finding Findings notes Point in time Random Visit note