Ethanol [Mass/volume] in Blood Estimated from serum or plasma level   74859-0

LOINC Code


LOINC code74859-0
nameEthanol [Mass/volume] in Blood Estimated from serum or plasma level
descriptionAlcohol whole blood equivalent is estimated from the serum or plasma level and reported as a percent. The alcohol level in serum or plasma is usually 1.09 to 1.18 times higher than that in whole blood because the cellular component of whole blood dilutes the concentration. [http://www.clinlabnavigator.com/alcohol-ethanol-ethyl-alcohol.html, accessed 20190923] Conversion factors for estimated blood level from serum or plasma level range from 1.10-1.20, and different states or countries may have different legally accepted conversion factors.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentEthanol
propertyMCnc  =  Mass 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
methodEstimated from serum or plasma level

Additional Names

short nameBld Ethanol Est from SerPl-mCnc

Basic Attributes

classDRUG/TOX
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationObservation
formula (readable)Blood alcohol level = (Serum or plasma ethanol/conversion factor)/1000, where conversion factors range from 1.10-1.20)
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.

Member of these Groups

LG2036-4Ethanol|MCnc|Pt|ANYBldSerPl

History/Usage

test rank18965 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 reasonRelease 2.67: FORMULA: Added "serum" to formula since blood alcohol level can be calculated from serum or plasma levels.; METHOD_TYP: Added "or plasma" to Method since blood alcohol levels can be estimated from serum or plasma.

Related Names

Alc
Alcohol
Blood
DRUG/TOXICOLOGY
Drugs
Est
Est from SerPl
estimation
Ethyl alcohol
EtOH
Level
Levels
Levl
LV
LVL
Mass concentration
Point in time
predicted
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Ser
SR
WB
Whole blood

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