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Beta hydroxybutyrate [Moles/volume] in Blood --pre-meal   72417-9

LOINC Code


LOINC code72417-9
nameBeta hydroxybutyrate [Moles/volume] in Blood --pre-meal
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentBeta hydroxybutyrate^pre-meal
propertySCnc  =  Substance Concentration
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
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 nameB-OH-Butyr pre-meal Bld-sCnc

Basic Attributes

classCHAL
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth
example UCUM unitsmmol/L
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 unitmmol/L

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 updated2.42
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

3-hydroxybutyrate
3-hydroxybutyric acid
B
Before
Beta hydroxy butyrate
Beta hydroxybutyric acid
Betahydroxybutyrate
Betahydroxybutyric acid
BHB
Blood
BOHB
B-OH-Butyr
 CHEMISTRY.CHALLENGE TESTING
Hydroxybutyric acid
Level
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Substance concentration
WB
Whole blood

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