Potassium [Mass/volume] in Specimen   87454-5

LOINC Code


LOINC code87454-5
namePotassium [Mass/volume] in Specimen
descriptionQuantitative measurement of potassium levels in various human, veterinary, or environmental specimens, including serum, plasma, whole blood, urine, water, feces, ocular fluid, blood meal, corn syrup, molasses, glycerin and corn gluten feed wet.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentPotassium
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.
systemXXX
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 namePotassium Spec-mCnc

Basic Attributes

classCHEM
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationObservation
example UCUM unitsmg/dL
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 unitmg/dL

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

LG49934-9Potassium|Pt|XXX|39.098 g/mole

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.69
last change typeMIN  - change to field other than name

Related Names

Chemistry
k
K+
Level
Mass concentration
Misc
Miscellaneous
Other
Point in time
Potass
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Spec
To be specified in another part of the message
Unspecified
Vet
Veterinary

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