LOINC Code 100459-7: Outpatient COVID-19 Progress note

What is this code?

LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component COVID-19+Progress note. It is commonly used with the system or sample type Outpatient.

When is it used?

• Used in lab systems, EHRs, and clinical data exchange.
• May identify a test, observation, survey item, or clinical document request rather than a diagnosis.
• Status: ACTIVE
• Order vs observation: Both
• Method: {Role}

What it does not mean

• The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.

Key facts

• Outpatient COVID-19 Progress note
• COVID-19+Progress note
• 2019 Novel Coronavirus; 2019-nCoV; Coronavirus disease 2019; COVID19; COVID-19 Progress note; DOC.ONT; Document; Encounter; Evaluation and management; Evaluation and management note; Finding; Findings; notes; OP; Point in time; Prog note; Random; SARS Coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-Related Coronavirus; subsequent evaluation; subsequent visit evaluation; Visit note

Where you may see this code

You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges.

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