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Laboratory Order Panels | Custom Panels 22 Aug 2013 | 02:57 am
What have sites done for the following scenario? We have an Immunodeficiency panel. The panel consists of the following components: % T (CD3) % B (CD19) % HELPER (CD4) % SUPPRESS (CD8) % NK (CD16,CD56...
Other Lab | Re: What is Coronary Calcium actually? 21 Aug 2013 | 01:27 am
You can find information about coronary calcium here: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/cscan/ I agree that it doesn't appear LOINC has an existing code for reporting the calcium (...
Other Lab | What is Coronary Calcium actually? 19 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
Hi, I have encountered a form where a collected item is "Coronary Calcium Score". I searched but could not find a LOINC code. Are there any suggestions?
Microbiology | Re: System not available for N. gonorrhoeae DNA Probe 19 Aug 2013 | 12:51 pm
Quality that you just cited will not differentiate between Chlamydia & GC, so the LOINC code for the cervical specimen is 45068-4Chlamydia trachomatis+Neisseria gonorrhoeae DNA:Pt:ACnc:Cvx:Ord:Probe.a...
Surveys, Forms, and Patient Assessment Instruments | A Section code sections 17 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
Hi, (Hopefully this forum is used as a place to ask questions.) I am working on an implementation guide for a vital statistics clinical document. I need to find LOINC codes for document sections. Ho...
General Discussion | Genetic Homology to Known Strains 14 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
I need to code a series of observations made on the genetic sequence of the PRRS virus ORF5 gene. Specifically, the lab reports the percent homology to four different well-know vaccine and wild strain...
Microbiology | Loinc Codes Organism Class 30 Jul 2013 | 09:41 pm
Hi So I'm currently going through our Specimen Source/ Organism Class mapping. How are labs dealing with the different organism classes for the specimen source? (ie eye culture anaerobe/fastidious/gr...
General Discussion | Re: Cloning existing LOINC terms for additional specimen typ 26 Jul 2013 | 07:32 pm
Just want to add another example of cloning an existing term: 44805-0 BK virus DNA [Log #/volume] (viral load) in Serum or Plasma by Probe and target amplification method. Need a code for urine sampl...
General Discussion | Cloning existing LOINC terms for additional specimen types 25 Jul 2013 | 07:50 pm
As I have been working to map LOINC codes to our Lab Test Dictionary, I have noticed at times that related LOINC terms are missing some specimen types we utilize. For Example, 1) 62238-1 Glomerular f...
Chemistry | Point of Care Creatinine-based formula (CKD-EPI) 25 Jul 2013 | 06:43 pm
We calculate a POCT GFR by the Creatinine-based formula (CKD-EPI) formula but there is no LOINC for a whole blood. There is one for serum/plasma (62238-1) When others encounter these situations, do y...
