Methicillin resistance mecA gene [Presence] by Probe in Positive blood culture 88251-4
LOINC Code
LOINC code | 88251-4 | ||
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name | Methicillin resistance mecA gene [Presence] by Probe in Positive blood culture | ||
status | DISCOURAGED | ||
Replacements | alternatives to this code:
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Fully-Specified Name | |||
component | Bacterial methicillin resistance mecA gene | ||
property | PrThr = Present or threshold: The Property PrThr stands for “Presence or Threshold”, meaning either a) the actual presence or absence of an analyte, or b) that the amount of analyte detected is over some predetermined threshold. | ||
time | Pt = 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 | Bld.pos growth | ||
scale | Ord = Ordinal: Ordered categorical responses, e.g., 1+, 2+, 3+; positive, negative; reactive, indeterminate, nonreactive. | ||
method | Probe = DNA Nucleic Acid Probe | ||
Additional Names | |||
short name | mecA Bld Pos Ql Probe | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
class | ABXBACT | ||
type | 1 Laboratory | ||
order vs. observation | Both | ||
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. | |||
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History/Usage | |||
test rank | 4709 of 2000 most commonly performed tests by labs in USA | ||
first released | |||
last updated | 2.73 | ||
last change type | MIN - change to field other than name | ||
change reason | Removed parentheses around gene name in Component based on the current LOINC model. | ||
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