LOINC Code 104988-1: Medical fitness certificate

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 Medical fitness certificate. It is commonly used with the system or sample type {Setting}.

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

• Medical fitness certificate
• This term is a document completed by a qualified occupational health practitioner or an occupational medical practitioner that certifies employee's fitness for and suited to the work they are to do. The test done for a medical fitness certificate are vision screening, drug & urine testing, lung function testing, audiometric testing and physical examination.
• DOC.ONT; Document; Finding; Findings; Point in time; Random

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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