Body surface area   8277-6

LOINC Code


LOINC code8277-6
nameBody surface area
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentBody surface
propertyArea
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
method

Additional Names

short nameBSA

Basic Attributes

classBDYSURF.ATOM
type2  Clinical
example UCUM unitsm2
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 unitm2

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

58446-6Creatinine 24H renal clearance adjusted for body surface area panel

History/Usage

test rank382 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA
first released
last updated2.73
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

Bdy surface
bod
Bodies
BODY SURFACE AREA.ATOM
BSA
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Surf

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