Ethanol [Mass/volume] in Blood   5640-8

LOINC Code


LOINC code5640-8
nameEthanol [Mass/volume] in Blood
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentEthanol
propertyMCnc  =  Mass Concentration
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
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
method

Additional Names

short nameEthanol Bld-mCnc

Basic Attributes

classDRUG/TOX
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth
example UCUM unitsmg/dL
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 unitmg/dL

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

LG2036-4Ethanol|MCnc|Pt|ANYBldSerPl
LG49886-1Ethanol|Pt|Bld|46.07 g/mole

Member of these Panels

87825-6National Trauma Data Standard - version 2018 set

History/Usage

test rank1290 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
order rank227 of 2000 most commonly ordered tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated2.73
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

Alc
Alcohol
Blood
DRUG/TOXICOLOGY
Drugs
Ethyl alcohol
EtOH
Level
Mass concentration
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
UniversalLabOrders
WB
Whole blood

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