Plasmodium sp identified in Blood by Thick film   637-9

LOINC Code


LOINC code637-9
namePlasmodium sp identified in Blood by Thick film
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentPlasmodium sp identified
propertyPrid  =  Presence or identity:  Prid stands for “Presence or identity”, is used for assays that detect whether or not an analyte of a particular kind is present, and if it is, to identify the specific analyte.
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
scaleNom  =  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.
methodThick film

Additional Names

short namePlasmodium Bld Thick Film

Basic Attributes

classMICRO
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth

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

LG41640-0Plasmodium

History/Usage

test rank6897 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated2.73
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name
change reasonUpdated component from Microscopic Observation to Plasmodium sp identified and method from Malaria thick smear to thick film to maintain consistency across parasite terms.

Related Names

Blood
ID
Identity or presence
Infectious Disease
InfectiousDisease
Isolated
Malaria
Malarial
Microbiology
Nominal
Point in time
Random
species
spp
UniversalLabOrders
WB
Whole blood

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