Magnesium [Mass/mass] in Specimen   87470-1

LOINC Code


LOINC code87470-1
nameMagnesium [Mass/mass] in Specimen
descriptionQuantitative measurement of magnesium levels in various human, veterinary, or environmental specimens, including tissue, feces, soil, cement and animal food sources (e.g. corn, soybean, hay, grass, grain).
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentMagnesium
propertyMCnt  =  Mass Content
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 nameMagnesium Spec-mCnt

Basic Attributes

classCHEM
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationObservation
example UCUM unitsug/g
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 unitug/g

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

Related Names

Chemistry
MAG
Magnes
Mass content
Mg
Misc
Miscellaneous
Other
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random
Spec
To be specified in another part of the message
Unspecified
Vet
Veterinary

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