Creatinine in pleural fluid/Creatinine in serum   70264-7

LOINC Code


LOINC code70264-7
nameCreatinine in pleural fluid/Creatinine in serum
descriptionPleural fluid to serum creatinine ratio is determined to help diagnose the cause of pleural effusion.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentCreatinine.plr fld/Creatinine.serum
propertyRelRto  =  Relative Ratio
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.
systemSer/Plas+Plr fld
    Plr fld  =  Pleural fluid (thoracentesis fld)
    Ser  =  Serum
    Plas  =  Plasma
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 nameCreat Plr/Ser

Basic Attributes

classCHEM
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth
example UCUM units{ratio}
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 unitRatio

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.

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.44
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

Chemistry
CR
Crea
Creat
Creat Plr
Pl
Plasma
Pleural
Pleural fluid
Plsm
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Relative ratio
Ser
SerP
SerPl
SerPl+Plr
SerPlas
Serum
Serum or plasma
SR
thoracentesis fluid

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