Turbidity of Water   87442-0

LOINC Code


LOINC code87442-0
nameTurbidity of Water
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentTurbidity
propertyArb  =  Arbitrary
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.
systemWater
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 nameTurbidity Wat

Basic Attributes

classSPEC
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationBoth
example UCUM units{ntu}
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 unitNTU

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 updated2.63
last change typeADD  - added

Related Names

Arbitrary
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
SPEC
Wat

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