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Referral lab test identifier and name [Identifier] 49581-2
LOINC Code
LOINC code
49581-2
name
Referral lab test identifier and name [Identifier]
status
ACTIVE
Fully-Specified Name
component
Referral lab test identifier and name
property
ID = Identifier
time
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
Referral lab test
scale
Nom = 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.
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.
2289 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
Release 2.70: COMPONENT: Updated "Reference" to "Referral" to broaden use and apply to any referral lab, not just reference labs.; Previous Releases: Corrected Timing from "XXX" to "Pt"
Related Names
Ident Identifier MISC Nominal Point in time
Random Ref Lab Test Ref Lab Test # Ref Lab Test #+Name
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