Fasting duration   87527-8

LOINC Code


LOINC code87527-8
nameFasting duration
descriptionInformation regarding the number of hours that the patient has been fasting, which information is relevant for interpreting certain laboratory results, such as glucose, or for determining fasting status prior to a surgical or other type of procedure.
statusACTIVE

Fully-Specified Name

componentFasting duration
propertyTime  =  Time Duration
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 nameFasting duration Time Patient

Basic Attributes

classMISC
type1  Laboratory
order vs. observationObservation
example UCUM unitsh
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 unith

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

89543-3Laboratory ask at order entry panel

History/Usage

first released
last updated2.63
last change typeADD  - added

Related Names

Durat
MISC
Point in time
QNT
Quan
Quant
Quantitative
Random

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