Waist Circumference by WHI   56117-5

LOINC Code


LOINC code56117-5
nameWaist Circumference by WHI
descriptionMeasurement of the participant's waist circumference is measured at the natural waist.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentCircumference
propertyLen  =  Length
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.
systemAbdomen.mid
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
methodWHI

Additional Names

short nameCircumf by WHI

Basic Attributes

classBDYCRC.MOLEC
type2  Clinical
example UCUM unitscm
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 unitcm

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 Panels

56086-2Adult Waist Circumference Protocol

History/Usage

test rank17327 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated2.73
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

Abd
Abdo
Abdomen+
Abdominal
BODY CIRCUMFERENCE.MOLEC
Girth
Length
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random

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