Specialty care unit Type [NHCS]   78021-3

LOINC Code


LOINC code78021-3
nameSpecialty care unit Type [NHCS]
descriptionThe kind of hospital unit having any necessary specialized equipment and/or personnel for handling critically ill or injured patients. This term was created for, but not limited in use to, the Specialty Unit Type in the HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: National Health Care Surveys Release 1.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentSpecialty care unit
propertyType  =  Type:  The Property Type is used for assays that identify the specific analyte in cases when the baseline presence of the analyte is known.
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.
systemHospital
scaleNom  =  Nominal:  Nominal or categorical responses that do not have a natural ordering. (e.g., names of bacteria, reported as answers, categories of appearance that do not have a natural ordering, such as, yellow, clear, bloody.
methodNHCS

Additional Names

short name

Basic Attributes

classSURVEY.NHCS
type4  Surveys
order vs. observationObservation

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 Panels

81958-1National Health Care Surveys report R1 - recommended CDA set

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.52
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

Hosp
Inpatient
Nominal
Point in time
Random
Survey
SURVEY.NHCS
Typ

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