Pediatric systolic blood pressure percentile [Per age, sex and height]   72165-4

LOINC Code


LOINC code72165-4
namePediatric systolic blood pressure percentile [Per age, sex and height]
descriptionThe percentile of a patient's systolic blood pressure (SBP) indicates the relative position of the patient's SBP value among a given population. For children and teens, the interpretation of SBP is age, sex, and height-specific.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentPediatric systolic blood pressure percentile
propertyPrctl  =  Percentile
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
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
methodPer age, sex and height

Additional Names

short name

Basic Attributes

classSURVEY.GNHLTH
type4  Surveys
order vs. observationObservation
example UCUM units%
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 unit%

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 updated2.67
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name
change reasonUpdated "Gender" to "Sex" in Method to to correctly represent the concept based on WHO definitions of sex and gender

Related Names

BP
Gender
PEDS
Peds SBP percentile
Percentile
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Survey
SURVEY.GNHLTH

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