Ethnicity OMB.1997   69490-1

LOINC Code


LOINC code69490-1
nameEthnicity OMB.1997
descriptionThis term is used for reporting the ethnicity based on classifications provided by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (Oct. 30, 1997).
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentEthnicity
propertyType  =  Type:  The Property Type is used for assays that identify the specific analyte in cases when the baseline presence of the analyte is known.
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.
system^Patient
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.
methodOMB.1997

Additional Names

short nameEthnicity OMB.1997

Basic Attributes

classCLIN
type2  Clinical

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

76452-2APTA Registry patient registration panel
86638-4Patient demographic and administrative information panel [FPAR]
79191-3Patient demographics panel
79191-3Patient demographics panel
75854-0PCORnet common data model set - version 1.0 [PCORnet]
85057-8PCORnet Common Data Model set - version 3.0 [PCORnet]

History/Usage

test rank5376 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 reasonAdded method of 'OMB.1997' since the answer list is the same as OMB's ethnicity answer list (1997). OMB provides standards that promote uniformity and comparability for data on race and ethnicity throughout the U.S. Federal Government. These standards are widely adopted, including in the EHR Meaningful Use program within the U.S.

Related Names

CLIN
Nominal
Point in time
Random
Typ

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