Ear temperature   76011-6

LOINC Code


LOINC code76011-6
nameEar temperature
descriptionEar temperature can be used for continuous monitoring during anesthesia, and some ear temperature probes include heaters to prevent convective air currents that distort the temperature measurement. Ear temperature is a general term that includes tympanic membrane temperature as one type of ear temperature measurement.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentBody temperature
propertyTemp  =  Temperature
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.
systemEar
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 nameEar temp

Basic Attributes

classBDYTMP.MOLEC
type2  Clinical
order vs. observationBoth
example UCUM unitsdeg
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 unitdeg

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

LG33052-8Body temperature|Temp|Pt|Chal:None

Member of these Panels

75965-4IEEE 11073 Rosetta temperature panel

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.54
last change typeADD  - added

Related Names

Bdy temp
bod
Bodies
BODY TEMPERATURE.MOLEC
Hearing
Otologic
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Temp
Temperature

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