Ethnicity OMB.1997 69490-1
LOINC Code
| LOINC code | 69490-1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Ethnicity OMB.1997 | ||
| description | This 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). | ||
| status | ACTIVE | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
| component | Ethnicity | ||
| property | Type = Type: The Property Type is used for assays that identify the specific analyte in cases when the baseline presence of the analyte is known. | ||
| 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 | ^Patient | ||
| 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. | ||
| method | OMB.1997 | ||
Additional Names | |||
| short name | Ethnicity OMB.1997 | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
| class | CLIN | ||
| type | 2 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. | |||
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History/Usage | |||
| test rank | 5376 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 | Added 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. | ||
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