LOINC Code 105045-9: Electronic cigarette status
105045-9 is a LOINC code used to identify Electronic cigarette status in laboratory and clinical observation data. You may see this code in lab systems, lab reports, EHR exports, interoperability feeds, or other structured clinical data exchanges. LOINC codes identify tests, measurements, observations, survey items, and clinical questions in a standardized way. It is associated with the component Electronic cigarette status. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
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 Electronic cigarette status. It is commonly used with the system or sample type ^Patient.
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
What it does not mean
- The code identifies the observation or test, not the actual result.
Key facts
- Electronic cigarette status
- Electronic cigarette status represents a person's smoking behavior using a electronic nicotine delivery system. E-cigarettes do not contain tobacco, but many of them contain nicotine. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies e-cigs as a "tobacco products."
- CLIN; E cig status; Electronic nicotine delivery system; Finding; Findings; Hookah; Nominal; Point in time; Random; Smoke; Smokes; Smoking; Tobacco; Vape use status; Vaping status
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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